Tip: Exploiting Your Bishop Pair 1 of 3

Trade pawns in the center to open up diagonals. The fewer pawns there are in the center, the more scope your bishops will have. Aiming both of your bishops at the opponent's king also increases the chance for tactical and mating combinations. Remember, without pawns in the center, enemy knights won't be able to use a centralized outpost.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown445"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[FEN "6k1/5p1p/1n5p/pBp1r1q1/1p6/3Q1P2/PPP5/1K5R w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ A classic Deflection tactic. } 1. f4 { Deflecting the queen from control of
the d8 square. } 1... Qxf4 ( { Black can try: } 1... Qg2 2. Qd1 Rd5 3. Qe1 Qf3 4. Rg1+ Kf8 5. Qe8# ) 2. Qd8+ Kg7 3. Qxb6 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0