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 "Unknown452"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "8/8/8/6Kp/2Pk3P/r7/p7/R7 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1... Ra5+ 2. Kg6 Kxc4 ( { Black can try: } 2... Kc3 3. c5 Kb2 4. Rxa2+ Kxa2 5. Kxh5 Rxc5+ 6. Kg6 Kb3 7. h5 Kc4 8. h6 Kd5 9. h7 Rc8 10. Kg7 Ke6 11. h8=Q Rxh8 12. Kxh8 { Draw. } ) 3. Rxa2 Rxa2 4. Kxh5 Kd5 5. Kg6 Ke6 6. h5 Rg2+ 7. Kh7 Rg5 8. h6 Kf7 9. Kh8 Ra5 10. Kh7 Ra6 11. Kh8 Rxh6# 0-1