The Power of the Bishop Pair

Course 91 episodes
(3 hours 14 min)

Creators GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes

One of the most common situations that happen in the middlegames is when we or our opponent have the advantage of double bishops.

We should know how to use it and how to fight against it.

The course is divided into 11 sections so it'll be easy to consume the material on which we've worked for more than 6 months...

Below are some of the positions taken from the course:

Hopefully, after watching this course you'll think twice before giving up your bishop and you'll know how to beat your opponents when they do.

What you'll learn

How to use the Bishop pair against the different piece combinations like 2 Knights, Bishop and Knight, etc.
The type of positions where a Bishop pair thrives and how to exploit them!
The strategies to neutralize 2 Bishops.

Lesson Plan

91 episode(s) 3 hours 14 min

Course overview

Unlocked 51s

1. Introduction

Unlocked 21s

2. 2 Bishops on clear board

Unlocked 2m 4s

3. Another trapped Rook

Unlocked 1m 43s

4. 2 Bishops vs Knight

Unlocked 2m 45s

5. 2 Bishops vs 2 Knights

Unlocked 1m 28s

6. 2 Bishops vs Queen

Unlocked 2m 45s

7. Conclusion

Unlocked 28s

8. Introduction

23s

9. Philosophy of endgames

2m 13s

10. Gulko B. - Kremenietsky A.

5m 0s

11. Andersson U. - Handoko E.

3m 3s

12. Grachev B. - Lysyj I.

3m 56s

13. Gordievsky D. - Golubev S.

5m 54s

14. Magnus C. - Caruana F.

2m 43s

15. Sveshnikov E. - Browne W.

4m 0s

16. Anand V. - Aronian L.

4m 20s

17. Fischer R. - Addison W.

2m 46s

18. Torosyan N. - Hovhannisyan K.

19. Conclusion

20. Introduction

21. Philosophy

22. Domination of Bishops

3m 16s

23. Enlarging

2m 59s

24. Pawn sacrifice to activate the Bishop

3m 12s

25. Bishops and Rooks combo!

4m 22s

26. Richter B. - Tarrasch S.

4m 42s

27. Dreev A. - Alsina L.

4m 54s

28. Conclusion

22s

29. Introduction

26s

30. Andersson U. - Handoko E.

52s

31. Cintron R. - Botvinnik M.

1m 10s

32. Shirov A. - Onischuk A.

1m 33s

33. Take it with Queen

59s

34. Anand V. - Gelfand B.

1m 38s

35. Tal M. - Dobosz H.

2m 5s

36. Smirin I. - Vallejo P.

1m 46s

37. Torosyan N. - Tsydypov Z.

59s

38. Conclusion

24s

39. Introduction

28s

40. Gabuzyan Chessmood - WhereToGo

2m 4s

41. Anand V. - Gelfand B.

2m 20s

42. Magnus C. - Nepomniatchi I.

2m 22s

43. Knaak R. - Sax G.

3m 25s

44. Conclusion

26s

45. Introduction

26s

46. Mamut I. - Givon A.

2m 5s

47. From a training game

2m 13s

48. Vachier L. - So W.

3m 6s

49. Ter-Sahakyan S. - Loiacono A.

1m 35s

50. Rubinstein A. - Schlechter C.

1m 29s

51. The power of monsters!

4m 11s

52. Short N. - Zilber I.

2m 9s

53. Vidmar M. - Nimzowitch A.

2m 22s

54. Magnus C. - Topalov V.

1m 38s

55. Matovic P. - Hellsten J.

1m 48s

56. Conclusion

26s

57. Introduction

30s

58. Exchanging opponent's King cover pawn

2m 57s

59. Botvinnik M. - Benker O.

3m 5s

60. Stein L. - Gershberg

2m 55s

61. Alekhine A. - Romi M.

3m 21s

62. Melkumyan H. - Fridman D.

3m 56s

63. Szabo L. - Euwe M.

2m 57s

64. Conclusion

39s

65. Introduction

37s

66. Unpredictable and strong idea

1m 25s

67. Blumin B. - Fine R.

1m 53s

68. Yudasin L. - Rozentalis E.

1m 1s

69. Tartakover S. - Lasker E.

1m 47s

70. Saidy A. - Fischer R.

1m 16s

71. Aguado D. - Ponomariov R.

2m 26s

72. Explanations on why to keep Bishops

1m 19s

73. Kramnik V. - Anand V.

2m 5s

74. Alekseev E. - Grischuk A.

1m 17s

75. Svidler P. - Anand V.

2m 24s

76. Conclusion

39s

77. Introduction

20s

78. Karpov A. - Giorgadze T.

2m 26s

79. Rashkovsky N. - Gusev V.

4m 4s

80. Conclusion

21s

81. Introduction

27s

82. Botvinnik M. - Euwe M.

3m 43s

83. Alekhine A. - Colle E.

3m 19s

84. Conclusion

37s

85. Introduction

23s

86. Euwe M. - Keres P.

3m 15s

87. Nezhmetdinov R. - Chernikov O.

4m 7s

88. Stein L. - Hartoch R.

2m 21s

89. Ivanchuk V. - Bareev E.

2m 55s

90. Giri A. - Aronian L.

5m 51s

91. Conclusion

28s

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Creators GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes

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