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 "Unknown532"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/6k1/3pB1p1/3K2P1/2P2r1P/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Kxd6 Rd4+ 2. Bd5 ( { White can try: } 2. Ke5 Rxh4 3. c5 Rh5 4. Kf4 Rh4+ 5. Bg4 Rh1 6. Ke5 Rg1 7. Be6 Rxg5+ 8. Kd6 Rxc5 9. Kxc5 g5 { Draw. } ) ( { White can
also try: } 2. Ke7 Rxh4 3. c5 Rh5 4. c6 Rxg5 5. c7 Rc5 6. c8=Q Rxc8 7. Bxc8 { Draw. } ) 2... Rxh4 3. c5 Rg4 ( { Black can try: } 3... Ra4 4. c6 Ra6 5. Bc4 Rb6 6. Kc5 Rb8 7. c7 Rc8 8. Kd6 Kf8 9. Ba6 Rxc7 10. Kxc7 Ke7 11. Bc4 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } ) 4. c6 Rf4 5. c7 Rf8 6. Be6 Re8 7. c8=Q Rxc8 8. Bxc8 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0