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 "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown190"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/4Pk2/1p1K1p2/1Pn4p/8/8/2B5 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Bg5+ Kg7 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kxg5 2. e7 h3 3. e8=Q Kh4 4. Qxb5 h2 5. Qxc4+ Kg3 6. Qf1 f4 7. Ke4 f3 8. Qxf3+ Kh4 9. Kf5 h1=Q 10. Qg4# ) 2. Bxh4 ( { White can try: } 2. e7 Kf7 3. Bxh4 f4 4. Kc6 Ne5+ 5. Kxb5 Ng6 6. Bg5 f3 7. Be3 Kxe7 8. Ka6 Ne5 9. b5 Nd7 10. b6 Nxb6 11. Bxb6 { Draw. } ) 2... Kf8 3. Kc6 ( { White can try: } 3. Kc5 Na3 4. Kc6 Ke8 { Black holds. Draw. } ) 3... Ne5+ 4. Kxb5 Ke8 5. Kb6 f4 6. b5 f3 7. Kc7 Nc4 8. Kc6 Na5+ 9. Kc5 Nb3+ 10. Kd5 Na5 11. b6 Nb7 12. Ke4 f2 13. Bxf2 Ke7 14. Kd5 Ke8 15. Be1 Nd8 16. Bh4 Nb7 17. Kc6 Na5+ 18. Kc7 Kf8 19. Kd7 Kg7 20. e7 Kh6 21. e8=Q { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0