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 "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov"] [Black "Zholdosh"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "2R5/r3b1k1/p2p4/P1pPp2p/6q1/2P2N1r/4Q1P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Nxe5 Qxe2 2. Rf7+ Kh6 3. Rh8+ Kg5 4. Rg8+ Kh4 ( { Black dare not try: } 4... Kh6 5. Rg6# ) 5. Ng6+ Kg3 6. Nxe7+ Kh4 7. Nf5# 1-0