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 "Unknown586"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "6k1/p1q2ppp/4p3/2p5/2P2P2/4Q3/r4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Qb3 ( { White can try: } 1. Qxc5 Qxc5 2. Rd8+ Qf8 3. Rxf8+ Kxf8 4. g4 { Black
wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { White can also try: } 1. Qe5 Qc8 2. Qd6 h6 3. Qe7 Qa6 4. Qe8+ Kh7 5. Qxf7 Qxc4 6. h4 Qc2 7. Rf1 Qf5 8. Qxf5+ exf5 9. h5 c4 10. Rc1 Ra4 11. g3 a5 12. Kf1 Rb4 13. Ke2 a4 14. Ra1 c3 15. Kd3 Rb2 16. Rxa4 Rxf2 17. Kxc3 Rf3+ 18. Kd4 Rxg3 19. Ke5 Rh3 20. Kxf5 Rxh5+ 21. Kg4 { With a likely draw. } ) 1... Ra5 2. Qb7 Qd6 3. Qc8+ Qf8 4. Qc7 Ra4 5. g3 g6 6. Rd8 Rxc4 7. Rxf8+ Kxf8 8. Qxa7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0