Chess endgame strategy: two bishops
Selection of chess endgames featuring two bishops tactics and strategies
Combining two bishops for a winning position.
1... Ba4 2.Be2 a6 3.Kg2 Bxb5
black cannot prevent the pawn from going forward!
1.Rxe4 fxe4 2.a6 Rf6+ 3.Kg2 Rg6+ 4.Kh1 Rc6 5.a7 Rc8 6.Bc4+ Kg7 7.Bd5
The knight is in trouble from the the strong bishops
1.Bd2 Bf6 2.Ba5 Bd8 3.f6 Kg8 4.f7+
Strong bishops compared to weak limited knights!
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c5 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.O-O-O b6 10.f4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bb7 12.Nf3 Ke8 13.e5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 f5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.f5 Nc6 17.fxg6 hxg6 18.Bg5 Kf7 19.h4 Rad8 20.Re1 Rd6 21.Rh2 Nh5 22.Bd2 Nf6 23.Kc2 Re6 24.Rxe6 Kxe6 25.Be3 Kf7 26.Bf4 Nh5 27.Bg5 Ng3 28.Rh3 Nh5 29.f4 Nf6 30.Rg3 Rg8 31.f5 Ne5 32.fxg6+ Nxg6 33.Re3 Nf8 34.Bf4 e6 35.Bh3 Rg6 36.a4 N6h7
Strong bishops compared to weak limited knights!
1.f3 Nd6 2.b5 Kf8 3.Bc3 f6 4.Bd3 h6 5.Bb4 Ke7 6.f4 Kd7 7.e4 N8f7 8.Kf2 g6 9.e5 fxe5 10.Bxg6 exf4 11.gxf4 e5 12.Kf3 Ke6 13.a4 Kd5 14.h4 Ke6 15.Bc2 Nf5 16.Bb3+ Kf6 17.fxe5+ Nxe5+ 18.Ke4 Nxh4 19.Bc3 Ng6 20.Bd4 h5 21.Bxb6 Nd7 22.Bd4+ Ke7 23.a5 h4 24.Bd5 h3 25.Bxb7 Kd6 26.Bg1 Nc5+ 27.Kf3 Ne5+ 28.Kg3 h2 29.Kxh2 Nxb7 30.a6 Nf3+ 31.Kh1