Tip: Exploiting Your Bishop Pair 2 of 3

Get closer to the endgame. With fewer pieces left in the position, the dominance of the two bishops can really be felt, as they can control both sides of the board at once. If the enemy knight doesn't have a secure outpost to use, it can find itself passive and restricted in its own territory.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown38"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/5b2/6k1/3p1p2/3K1P1p/5N2/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Ne5+ ( { White can try: } 1. Nxh4+ Kf6 2. Nf3 Be6 3. Ng5 Bg8 4. h4 Kg6 5. Ke5 d4 6. Kxd4 Kh5 7. Ke5 Kg4 8. h5 Kxh5 9. Kxf5 { Draw. } ) 1... Kh5 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kf6 2. Nxf7 Kxf7 3. Kxd5 h3 4. Ke5 Kg6 5. Ke6 Kh5 6. Kxf5 Kh4 7. Kg6 Kg4 8. f5 Kf3 9. f6 Kg2 10. f7 Kxh2 11. f8=Q Kg2 12. Qa8+ Kg1 13. Qa1+ Kg2 14. Qb2+ Kg1 15. Kg5 h2 16. Kg4 h1=Q 17. Kg3 Qc6 18. Qb1+ Qc1 19. Qxc1# ) 2. Nxf7 { White wins with a large material advantage.|The remaining moves and
variations are shown for instructional purposes. } 2... Kg4 { White } 3. Ke5 { White
must not lose his pawn on f4. } 3... Kh3 ( { Black can try: } 3... d4 4. Nd6 d3 5. Nc4 Kh3 6. Kxf5 Kxh2 7. Kg4 h3 8. Ne3 d2 9. f5 Kg1 10. Kxh3 Kf2 11. Nd1+ Ke2 12. Nb2 Ke3 13. f6 Kd4 14. f7 Kc3 15. Nd1+ Kc2 16. Nf2 d1=Q 17. Nxd1 Kxd1 18. f8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 4. Kxf5 Kxh2 { Kg4 or Ke5
also win. } 5. Ng5 Kg3 6. Ke5 Kg4 7. f5 Kxg5 8. f6 Kg6 9. Ke6 h3 10. f7 h2 11. f8=Q h1=Q 12. Qg8+ Kh5 13. Qh7+ Kg4 14. Qxh1 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0