Learning to use and appreciate the power of the two bishops is a key step in every chess player's development.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown269"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r3k2r/ppp3pp/4bn2/3q4/2Q5/2B5/P4PPP/R3R1K1 w kq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Rxe6+ Kd7 2. Re7+ ( { White can try: } 2. Qxd5+ Nxd5 3. Rae1 Nxc3 { Black wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Kxe7 3. Bxf6+ Kxf6 ( { Black can try: } 3... Kd6 4. Be7+ Ke6 5. Re1+ Kd7 6. Qxd5+ Kc8 7. Rd1 a6 8. Qd8+ Rxd8 9. Rxd8# ) 4. Qxd5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0