The Power of the Bishop Pair

Course 91 episodes
(3 hours 14 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:

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

1. Introduction

23s

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

3. Cintron R. - Botvinnik M.

1m 10s

4. Shirov A. - Onischuk A.

1m 33s

5. Take it with Queen

59s

6. Anand V. - Gelfand B.

1m 38s

7. Tal M. - Dobosz H.

2m 5s

8. Smirin I. - Vallejo P.

1m 46s

9. Torosyan N. - Tsydypov Z.

59s

10. Conclusion

24s

1. Introduction

28s

2. Gabuzyan Chessmood - WhereToGo

2m 4s

3. Anand V. - Gelfand B.

2m 20s

4. Magnus C. - Nepomniatchi I.

5. Knaak R. - Sax G.

6. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Mamut I. - Givon A.

2m 5s

3. From a training game

2m 13s

4. Vachier L. - So W.

3m 6s

5. Ter-Sahakyan S. - Loiacono A.

1m 35s

6. Rubinstein A. - Schlechter C.

1m 29s

7. The power of monsters!

4m 11s

8. Short N. - Zilber I.

2m 9s

9. Vidmar M. - Nimzowitch A.

2m 22s

10. Magnus C. - Topalov V.

1m 38s

11. Matovic P. - Hellsten J.

1m 48s

12. Conclusion

26s

1. Introduction

30s

2. Exchanging opponent's King cover pawn

2m 57s

3. Botvinnik M. - Benker O.

3m 5s

4. Stein L. - Gershberg

2m 55s

5. Alekhine A. - Romi M.

3m 21s

6. Melkumyan H. - Fridman D.

3m 56s

7. Szabo L. - Euwe M.

2m 57s

8. Conclusion

39s

1. Introduction

37s

2. Unpredictable and strong idea

1m 25s

3. Blumin B. - Fine R.

1m 53s

4. Yudasin L. - Rozentalis E.

1m 1s

5. Tartakover S. - Lasker E.

1m 47s

6. Saidy A. - Fischer R.

1m 16s

7. Aguado D. - Ponomariov R.

2m 26s

8. Explanations on why to keep Bishops

1m 19s

9. Kramnik V. - Anand V.

2m 5s

10. Alekseev E. - Grischuk A.

1m 17s

11. Svidler P. - Anand V.

2m 24s

12. Conclusion

39s

1. Introduction

20s

2. Karpov A. - Giorgadze T.

2m 26s

3. Rashkovsky N. - Gusev V.

4m 4s

4. Conclusion

21s

1. Introduction

27s

2. Botvinnik M. - Euwe M.

3m 43s

3. Alekhine A. - Colle E.

3m 19s

4. Conclusion

37s

1. Introduction

23s

2. Euwe M. - Keres P.

3m 15s

3. Nezhmetdinov R. - Chernikov O.

4m 7s

4. Stein L. - Hartoch R.

2m 21s

5. Ivanchuk V. - Bareev E.

2m 55s

6. Giri A. - Aronian L.

5m 51s

7. Conclusion

28s

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