The Power of the Bishop Pair

Course

93 EPISODES (3h 17m)

Creator

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!

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Lesson Plan 93 episode(s)

Course overview

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1. Introduction

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2. 2 Bishops on clear board

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3. Another trapped Rook

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4. 2 Bishops vs Knight

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5. 2 Bishops vs 2 Knights

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6. 2 Bishops vs Queen

7. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Philosophy of endgames

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3. Gulko B. - Kremenietsky A.

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4. Andersson U. - Handoko E.

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5. Grachev B. - Lysyj I.

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6. Gordievsky D. - Golubev S.

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7. Magnus C. - Caruana F.

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8. Sveshnikov E. - Browne W.

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9. Anand V. - Aronian L.

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10. Fischer R. - Addison W.

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11. Torosyan N. - Hovhannisyan K.

12. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Philosophy

3. Domination of Bishops

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4. Enlarging

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5. Pawn sacrifice to activate the Bishop

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6. Bishops and Rooks combo!

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7. Richter B. - Tarrasch S.

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8. Dreev A. - Alsina L.

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9. Conclusion

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1. Introduction

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2. Andersson U. - Handoko E.

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3. Cintron R. - Botvinnik M.

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4. Shirov A. - Onischuk A.

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5. Take it with Queen

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6. Anand V. - Gelfand B.

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7. Tal M. - Dobosz H.

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8. Smirin I. - Vallejo P.

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9. Torosyan N. - Tsydypov Z.

10. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Gabuzyan Chessmood - WhereToGo

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3. Anand V. - Gelfand B.

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4. Magnus C. - Nepomniatchi I.

5. Knaak R. - Sax G.

6. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Mamut I. - Givon A.

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3. From a training game

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4. Vachier L. - So W.

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5. Ter-Sahakyan S. - Loiacono A.

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6. Rubinstein A. - Schlechter C.

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7. The power of monsters!

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8. Short N. - Zilber I.

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9. Vidmar M. - Nimzowitch A.

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10. Magnus C. - Topalov V.

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11. Matovic P. - Hellsten J.

12. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Exchanging opponent's King cover pawn

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3. Botvinnik M. - Benker O.

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4. Stein L. - Gershberg

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5. Alekhine A. - Romi M.

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6. Melkumyan H. - Fridman D.

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7. Szabo L. - Euwe M.

8. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Unpredictable and strong idea

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3. Blumin B. - Fine R.

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4. Yudasin L. - Rozentalis E.

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5. Tartakover S. - Lasker E.

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6. Saidy A. - Fischer R.

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7. Aguado D. - Ponomariov R.

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8. Explanations on why to keep Bishops

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9. Kramnik V. - Anand V.

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10. Alekseev E. - Grischuk A.

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11. Svidler P. - Anand V.

12. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Karpov A. - Giorgadze T.

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3. Rashkovsky N. - Gusev V.

4. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Botvinnik M. - Euwe M.

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3. Alekhine A. - Colle E.

4. Conclusion

1. Introduction

2. Euwe M. - Keres P.

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3. Nezhmetdinov R. - Chernikov O.

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4. Stein L. - Hartoch R.

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5. Ivanchuk V. - Bareev E.

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6. Giri A. - Aronian L.

7. Conclusion

Course conclusion

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