The advantage of the two bishops (when facing a bishop and knight or two knights) is a favorite of many masters. When working together, the two bishops can really dominate the chessboard.
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[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r3k3/1p4p1/1Bb1Bp1p/P1p1bP1P/2Pp2P1/3P4/5K2/4R3 w q - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. g5 { A brilliant pawn breakthrough.|The purpose of these initial moves is
to remove the black pawn from g7. } 1... hxg5 2. h6 gxh6 3. Rxe5 fxe5 4. f6 Bd7 5. f7+ Ke7 6. Bxd7 Kxd7 ( { Black can try: } 6... Kxf7 7. Bf5 Kg7 8. Kg3 Rf8 9. Be4 Rf7 10. Bd5 Re7 11. Bxc5 Rd7 12. Bb6 Kf6 13. Kg4 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 7. Bxc5 h5 8. f8=Q Rxf8+ 9. Bxf8 { White wins with a
large material advantage.|Anish Giri resigned 12 moves later. The remaining
moves are provided as entertainment. } 9... h4 10. Kf3 Ke6 11. Bh6 Kf5 12. c5 g4+ 13. Kf2 g3+ 14. Kf3 Kg6 15. Bd2 Kf5 16. c6 bxc6 17. a6 c5 18. a7 c4 19. a8=Q c3 20. Bh6 Ke6 21. Qc6+ Kf7 22. Ke4 h3 23. Kxe5 g2 24. Qe6# 1-0