Middlegame Secrets Vol.3 - The Career Paths of Bishops

Bishops are like Billiard Balls

A great metapher which makes sense when analysing the range of bishops. In this chapter you'll get to know why.

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2 The Bishop Pair

2.1 The Bishop Pair 1: Englisch vs Steinitz, London 1883

2.2 The Bishop Pair 2: Markos vs Macak, Slovak Ch 2012

2.3 The Bishop Pair 3: Kramnik vs Tiviakov, Wijk aan Zee 2001

2.4 The Bishop Pair 4: Markos vs Straka, Slovak Ch 2016

3 Disadvantage of a Bishop Pair

3.1 Disadvantage of the Bishop Pair 1: Spassky vs Fischer, Reykjavik 1972

3.2 Disadvantage of the Bishop Pair 2: Dao vs Adams, FIDE Wch 2000

3.3 Disadvantage of the Bishop Pair 3: Khalifman vs Kramnik, Linares 2000

4 Same Coloured Bishops

4.1 Good Bishop, Bad Bishop 1: Kramnik vs Leko, Budapest 2001

4.2 Good Bishop, Bad Bishop 2: Markos vs Rausis, European Cup 2008

4.3 Good Bishop, Bad Bishop 3: Kasparov vs Bacrot, Sarajevo 2000

5 Opposite Coloured Bishops

5.1 Opposite Coloured Bishops 1: Topalov vs Leko, Dortmund 2005

5.2 Opposite Coloured Bishops 2: Polgar vs Anand, Mainz 2003

5.3 Opposite Coloured Bishops 3: Carlsen vs Caruana, Zuerich 2014

5.4 Opposite Coloured Bishops 4: Carlsen vs Anand, Wch 2013

5.5 Opposite Coloured Bishops 5: Karpov vs Khalifman, Linares 1995

6 Bishops are like Billiard Balls

6.1 Bishops are like Billiard Balls 1: Carlsen vs Bacrot

6.2 Bishops are like Billiard Balls 2: Fernandes vs Markos

6.3 Bishops are like Billiard Balls 3: Mista vs Markos

6.4 Bishops are like Billiard Balls 4: Grigorian vs Agzamov

6.5 Bishops are like Billiard Balls 5: Byrne vs Garcia Padron

7 Bishop dominating the Knight

7.1 Bishop dominating the Knight 1: Reshevsky vs Smyslov

7.2 Bishop dominating the Knight 2: Sznapik vs Bukal

7.3 Bishop dominating the Knight 3: Wiley vs Sclacmender

10 Practice Positions

10.1 Position 1

10.2 Position 2

10.3 Position 3

10.4 Position 4

10.5 Position 5

10.6 Position 6