The Advantage of the Bishop Pair - How to exploit this effectively | Intermediate | IM Alex Astaneh
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In this video, IM Alex Astaneh will teach you how to handle the bishops if you have the bishop pair and how smoothly they can work together along the board, when there are pawns on the queen- and kingside.
Summary:
- In general: Giving up the bishop pair is a perfectly reasonable thing to do, if in exchange you get some other benefit, e.g. lead in development, dynamic play.
- When you have the bishop pair, itβs a long-term advantage and if a smart, strong opponent is giving you that bishop pair voluntarily then for the most part there is something in return.
- The side with the bishop pair should restrict the pieces, in particular the knights of his opponent. Keep in mind: knights want central outposts that are stable and centralized. Therefore, the side with the bishop pair should restrict the mobility of these pieces by gaining space advantage and a solid pawn structure. As a general rule: A central and stable knight will compensate for the bishop pair.
- The mobility of bishops is greater than the mobility of knights. This is especially important in a position where the pawns are on each side of the board, the kingside and queenside.
- The bishops have an offensive strength which can even lead to a checkmate. Always look for mating opportunities.
- The classical drawback of the bishops over the knights is that they are only able to control one set of squares, one colour complex.
- As a general rule: The outside passed pawn is stronger than the central passed pawn in the endgame, as activity of the kings is very important in endgames and usually the kings have to watch out for outside passed pawns.
- The lone bishop against the lone knight with pawns on both sides of the board is typically also stronger, so thatβs another advantage of having two bishops vs two Knights. One minor piece exchange will often be insufficient to save the side with two knights.
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