Learn How to Use a Bishop Pair

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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[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown660"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4rrk1/ppp2ppp/3b2n1/3q3B/1P1N4/P1P2Q1P/3R1R1P/2B3K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Re1+ 2. Rf1 Qg5+ 3. Kh1 Rxc1 4. Rxc1 Qxd2 { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } 0-1