The Power of the Bishop Pair

Course 93 episodes
(3 hours 17 min)

Creators GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes

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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:

Bishop Pair

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 exploit your Bishop pair advantage in different situations?
Why 2 Bishops are so dominant in open positions?
The Bishop pair in endgames
How Grandmasters and world-class players exploit the double Bishop advantage.
The philosophy of playing in positions with 2 Bishops vs 2 Knights.
Using the power of double Bishops while attacking.
What to do when you're playing against the Bishop pair?
The strategies to neutralize the Bishops.
The situations where the Bishop pair is even stronger than the Queen!
Playing with the Bishop pair when you're a pawn down, and a lot more!

Lesson Plan

93 episode(s) 3 hours 17 min

Course overview

Unlocked 51s

1. Introduction

Unlocked 21s

2. 2 Bishops on clear board

Unlocked 2m 4s

Quiz

Unlocked 0/2

3. Another trapped Rook

Unlocked 1m 43s

Quiz

Unlocked 0/2

4. 2 Bishops vs Knight

Unlocked 2m 45s

5. 2 Bishops vs 2 Knights

Unlocked 1m 28s

6. 2 Bishops vs Queen

7. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Philosophy of endgames

2m 13s

3. Gulko B. - Kremenietsky A.

5m 0s

4. Andersson U. - Handoko E.

3m 3s

5. Grachev B. - Lysyj I.

3m 56s

6. Gordievsky D. - Golubev S.

5m 54s

7. Magnus C. - Caruana F.

2m 43s

8. Sveshnikov E. - Browne W.

4m 0s

9. Anand V. - Aronian L.

4m 20s

10. Fischer R. - Addison W.

2m 46s

11. Torosyan N. - Hovhannisyan K.

12. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Philosophy

3. Domination of Bishops

3m 16s

4. Enlarging

2m 59s

5. Pawn sacrifice to activate the Bishop

3m 12s

6. Bishops and Rooks combo!

4m 22s

7. Richter B. - Tarrasch S.

4m 42s

8. Dreev A. - Alsina L.

4m 54s

9. Conclusion

22s

1. Introduction

26s

2. Andersson U. - Handoko E.

52s

Quiz

0/2

3. Cintron R. - Botvinnik M.

1m 10s

Quiz

0/2

4. Shirov A. - Onischuk A.

1m 33s

Quiz

0/2

5. Take it with Queen

59s

Quiz

0/2

6. Anand V. - Gelfand B.

1m 38s

Quiz

0/2

7. Tal M. - Dobosz H.

2m 5s

Quiz

0/2

8. Smirin I. - Vallejo P.

1m 46s

Quiz

0/2

9. Torosyan N. - Tsydypov Z.

10. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Gabuzyan Chessmood - WhereToGo

2m 4s

Quiz

0/2

3. Anand V. - Gelfand B.

2m 20s

Quiz

0/2

4. Magnus C. - Nepomniatchi I.

5. Knaak R. - Sax G.

6. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Mamut I. - Givon A.

2m 5s

Quiz

0/2

3. From a training game

2m 13s

Quiz

0/2

4. Vachier L. - So W.

3m 6s

Quiz

0/2

5. Ter-Sahakyan S. - Loiacono A.

1m 35s

Quiz

0/2

6. Rubinstein A. - Schlechter C.

1m 29s

Quiz

0/2

7. The power of monsters!

4m 11s

Quiz

0/2

8. Short N. - Zilber I.

2m 9s

Quiz

0/2

9. Vidmar M. - Nimzowitch A.

2m 22s

Quiz

0/2

10. Magnus C. - Topalov V.

1m 38s

Quiz

0/2

11. Matovic P. - Hellsten J.

12. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Exchanging opponent's King cover pawn

2m 57s

Quiz

0/2

3. Botvinnik M. - Benker O.

3m 5s

Quiz

0/2

4. Stein L. - Gershberg

2m 55s

Quiz

0/2

5. Alekhine A. - Romi M.

3m 21s

Quiz

0/2

6. Melkumyan H. - Fridman D.

3m 56s

Quiz

0/2

7. Szabo L. - Euwe M.

8. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Unpredictable and strong idea

1m 25s

Quiz

0/2

3. Blumin B. - Fine R.

1m 53s

Quiz

0/2

4. Yudasin L. - Rozentalis E.

1m 1s

Quiz

0/2

5. Tartakover S. - Lasker E.

1m 47s

Quiz

0/2

6. Saidy A. - Fischer R.

1m 16s

Quiz

0/2

7. Aguado D. - Ponomariov R.

2m 26s

Quiz

0/2

8. Explanations on why to keep Bishops

1m 19s

9. Kramnik V. - Anand V.

2m 5s

Quiz

0/2

10. Alekseev E. - Grischuk A.

1m 17s

Quiz

0/2

11. Svidler P. - Anand V.

12. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Karpov A. - Giorgadze T.

2m 26s

Quiz

0/2

3. Rashkovsky N. - Gusev V.

4. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Botvinnik M. - Euwe M.

3m 43s

Quiz

0/2

3. Alekhine A. - Colle E.

4. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Euwe M. - Keres P.

3m 15s

Quiz

0/2

3. Nezhmetdinov R. - Chernikov O.

4m 7s

Quiz

0/2

4. Stein L. - Hartoch R.

2m 21s

Quiz

0/2

5. Ivanchuk V. - Bareev E.

2m 55s

Quiz

0/2

6. Giri A. - Aronian L.

7. Conclusion

Course conclusion

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Course 93 episodes (3 hours 17 min)

Creators GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes

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The Power of the Bishop Pair

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