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 "Unknown485"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "8/8/2p5/2P2p2/2P1kpp1/8/3K1PPP/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... f3 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kd4 2. h4 Ke5 3. Kd3 Kf6 4. Kd4 f3 5. gxf3 gxf3 6. Ke3 Kg6 7. Kxf3 Kh5 8. Kg3 f4+ 9. Kxf4 Kxh4 10. Ke5 Kg4 11. f4 Kh5 12. f5 Kh6 13. Ke6 Kg7 14. Ke7 Kh6 15. f6 Kg5 16. f7 Kf5 17. f8=Q+ { White
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. g3 Kd4 3. Kc1 Kxc4 4. Kd2 Kxc5 5. Ke3 Kd5 6. Kf4 Ke6 7. Ke3 c5 8. Kd3 Kd5 9. Kc3 c4 10. Kc2 Kd4 11. Kd2 c3+ 12. Kc2 Kc4 13. Kc1 Kd3 14. Kd1 c2+ 15. Kc1 Ke2 16. Kxc2 Kxf2 17. Kd3 Kg2 18. Ke3 f2 19. Kf4 f1=Q+ { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1