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 "Unknown389"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "8/pp3p2/8/3k1PPP/3n4/8/P7/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. g6 fxg6 2. h6 ( { White can try: } 2. fxg6 Nf5 3. g7 Nh6 4. Kg2 Ke6 5. Kf3 Kf7 6. Kf4 Kxg7 7. Kg5 Nf7+ 8. Kf5 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Nxf5 3. h7 Nd6 4. h8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0