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 "Unknown182"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "1k1r3r/1pp1bQp1/7p/p3P3/5P2/1NP3P1/qP5P/2KR3R b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Ba3 ( { Black can try: } 1... a4 2. Qxe7 axb3 3. Rxd8+ Rxd8 4. Qxd8+ { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. bxa3 a4 3. Rxd8+ Rxd8 4. Qe7 ( { White can try: } 4. Rd1 Qxa3+ 5. Kc2 axb3+ 6. Qxb3 Qxb3+ 7. Kxb3 Rxd1 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 4... axb3 5. Qxd8+ Ka7 6. Qd2 Qa1# 0-1