BISHOP CHESS HOW TO
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BISHOP CHESS HOW TO

White has a nice choice of how to activate their king. And once the knight leaves the d7 square, the bishop is ready to go to f8 and destroy the kingside pawns. Now white’s double bishops are controlling the board. The position is completely winning.Īgain, white has a strong bishop pair, and after paralyzing the black pieces, the king will become the most decisive piece on the board. White stops the b pawn and soon will take it using the king and the bishop from e4. If we turn this positional advantage into a material advantage, it would be like having more than an extra rook. So the first move by white should be 1.Kd5.įun fact 🙂 The engine evaluation at this point is …? Can you guess? Bring the king to d6, then move it either to c7 or towards the kingside pawns – depending on where the black king is. But it’s the king that’s the piece that’s going to create the most decisive threats. White’s bishop pair is paralyzing black’s position and black has no counterplay. The answer lies with the king! The key advantage being that during an endgame, queens are absent from the board so the king can be safely activated. Very often we’re told that the double bishops are very strong during an endgame – but what’s the reason for it? The players weren’t lying – the bishop pair really is powerful! 2. White plays 2.Bd5 pinning the rook and after 2.Kg2 will be taking it with 3.Kg4. And if instead of 1.Rc6, black plays 1.Rf3, then white wins the rook with the same move again! On an open board, the rook only has 2 available squares left! The two bishops, along with the king are capable of controlling the rest.īut the problem for black is if they play 1.Rc6, white has 2.Bd5+ winning the rook. However, there’s a much stronger option for white here, illustrating the power of the bishop pair.īut take a look at the available moves for the black rook after that move: But due to the pawn on the a-file black will still have some chances to make a draw.

If we manage to win the pawn on h4 (right now we can’t as Rf4+ is winning the bishop) then white will have a better position. Many chess players believe that double bishops on an open board are incredibly powerful and are capable of doing the most unbelievable things.įor example, would you believe me if I said that a bishop pair can trap a rook on an open board! No? Then take a look at the position below:

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If you feel you’re very quick to exchange your two bishops, or you struggle to unleash their full power, then read on and I’ll show you 11 different ways to use them to your advantage! 1. And it can create kingside weaknesses in attack while helping you to defend! It can support pawn pushes on both sides of the board. It can control lots of key squares of both colors on an open board.

Yet, it’s a key way to outplay your opponents and gain a big positional advantage in your games.

While many GMs know how to use and feel the power of the bishop pair, many lower-rated players struggle to. But give it to a random person on the street, and they probably won’t know how to hold it, let alone fire it! Give a sniper rifle to a special forces soldier and it’s a powerful weapon on the battlefield. The bishop pair is a bit like a sniper rifle.

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