The power of the bishop pair in chess Part-2

In the previous article, we published the first part of the lesson “The power of the bishop pair in chess”. In that lesson, you would have learnt about how to realise the advantage of the bishop pair, transfer your material advantage into a positional advantage and lots more. If you missed it, you can find it here.

Today, IM Boroljub Zlatanovic has prepared the second part of the video lesson for you. This time, it’s with a remarkable game played by Vsevdod Rauzer in the Soviet Union in 1936.

We already know that the bishop pair is a very powerful weapon. In this second part, you will understand the ‘real power’ of the bishop pair – two bishops in the centre of the board, controlling a large number of squares and building the foundation for a huge advantage.

You can watch the video lesson below:

Let’s summarise what you would have learnt from this lesson:

Key points

• How to obtain a bishop pair (forcing your opponent to exchange his bishop(s))
• How to avoid the exchange of your bishop for your opponent’s knight?
• How to use your bishop pair effectively to paralyse your opponent’s pieces?
• The power of centralized bishops
• How to block your opponent’s pieces?
• A pawn storm combined with a bishop pair advantage
• and lots more

Author information

IM Boroljub Zlatanovic

Boroljub Zlatanovic is a Serbian International Master and professional chess trainer. He became a FIDE Master, and in 1995 was Youth Champion of Serbia and a member of the national youth team. He was a two-time champion of the University of Belgrade and won 10 Serbian Open Chess Tournaments.

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The three most important principles of chess: Round-10 Highlights

“Less is more” really is a very nice quote by Mies Van der Rohe. Sometimes, simple and logical decisions are the best ones. This applies to chess as well. If you UNDERSTAND the game, you can easily find the best moves at any position.

To help you understand this more clearly, IM Valeri Lilov has published the highlights of the tenth round of the recent Indian National Premier Chess Championship.

In this video, Lilov annotates two of the most interesting games of the round played: GM Shyam Sundar vs FM Praneeth Surya and GM Sethuraman vs IM Swapnil S. Dhopade
Also, Lilov discusses about the 3 most important principles of a chess game:

• Speed of the attack
• Fight for initiative
• Never underestimate the power of strong and advanced pieces

Let’s take a look at a position from the game.

Black to play

It’s a position with opposite side castling and both players are trying to make a strong attack. Speaking of which, White played f4.

What do you think about this move? Does this move stick to the PLAN of the attack? Also, think about Black’s continuation here. After calculating all these, you can watch the video below and learn the 3 most important principles of a chess game! 

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5 Tips Taken From The Best Chess Course On The Internet

This article contains 5 important tips that will facilitate your chess learning and advancing. The material is prepared by a student of our Remote Chess Academy. He summarized the ideas that worked well for him. There’s a great chance that these tips will be helpful for you just as well.

Without further ado let me present an article of Louis Holtzhausen.

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The Secret of Success

I constantly receive feedback from my pupils. That’s why I can easily see who gets better results and why.

One of the major characteristic features of successful players is their SERIOUS attitude towards learning.

There is a huge difference between educational and entertainment materials.

The necessary factor of your progress – 3

Last time I gave you a little task. Were you able to find the right move there?

White played 2.Ra1!! It is unbelievable, but it is really the best move!

Here is this game in *.pgn and in text format with commentaries:

GAME -PGN FILE

You can use any chess program to open such *.pgn file. If you have no chess programs at all, you may use a special Pgn reader program (it calls “Compochess”. You can download it for free here:

PGN VIEWER

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Please, don’t worry if you haven’t found this move. I gave this position to many GMs and no one found the right decision.

Actually, it illustrates one of my favourite topics. I mean the topic of “extra skills”. Nowadays there are a lot of players on intermediate level. They know all the chess basics and don’t make simple mistakes. That’s why today it is not enough just “to develop pieces, to occupy weak squares, to compose a plan” and realize other well-known motifs.

You need to be able to do something, what your opponents can’t do. You need to know something, what your opponents don’t know.

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Please, think about it. Take a piece of paper and write down your “extra skills” (number 1 is …, number 2 is … and so on). The size of your list will show you clearly your chances for a win against strong opponents.

If you want to get the most effective extra-skills and be able to beat stronger opponents, I recommend you the course “How to Beat Titled Players”:

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When you start applying its recommendations, you will play a lot of beautiful games, will enjoy your creativity and of course will start beating strong players!

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What is Your Plan? (Part-3)

In a few previous lessons we’ve been talking about a PLAN for your chess progress.

Having such a plan ensures your step-by-step advancement. Random study, on the other hand, is rather a numbers game, where you can only hope for luck.

Before we move forward, you may like to recollect the previous parts of this lesson quickly:

PART-1; PART-2

Now we come to the most intriguing moment. You are about to create a PLAN that will bring you a serious chess progress in 2013.

The necessary factor of your progress – 2

OBJECTIVITY (part 2).

Let me give you some examples of personal bias in chess. Please, read carefully; just to ensure that these statements don’t describes you 

1) Chess players often try to find an excuse of their loss. It usually goes something like this:
- “Today I didn’t feel well.”
- “I had a winning position, but lost my concentration and played carelessly.”
- “I slept badly/not enough”
- “I’ve had some personal problems.”
- “I was tired because of a trip/something else”

This list can go on… and these factors can have an influence on a chess player. Let me tell you something though.

How to beat a STRONGER opponent?

In the previous lesson, we analyzed the correct attitude and mental approach when facing WEAKER opponents. Now let’s talk about the flip side of the coin: the right mental approach when facing a STRONGER opponent.

Just like in the previous scenario, there are some typical mistakes (which most players make), and I have some important practical recommendations and antidotes for these mistakes. Without further ado, let’s go!

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The most powerful ideas in chess (part-2)

In the previous issue we’ve been talking about “the most powerful ideas in chess”.

I’ve told you why many players don’t have chess progress despite their persistent trainings. It happens because they try to learn many abstruse ideas and can’t apply them practically afterwards. That’s why a reading of numerous books often doesn’t help.

Last time I’ve asked you to perform one task (to play against a computer and to use the defensive ideas I gave you). Those who tried to perform this task found that it is almost impossible to do it practically.

What is Your Plan (PART-2)

In the previous lesson we were talking about a PLAN for your chess progress. Random advancement leads nowhere. A clear plan, on the other hand, can bring you to your goal quickly and efficiently.

So, how to plan your chess progress? Being chess players, planning should be something very familiar to us.

How do you begin thinking about your plan while playing a chess game? You begin by evaluating the current position first.

You can’t think instantly about future plans because your plans need to based on something concrete.

The most powerful ideas in chess

I am glad to present you the new lesson. This issue’s topic is: “The most powerful ideas in chess”. Here we will talk about “what are the most powerful ideas in chess?” and “what works best in chess?”.

However, first I’d like to discuss another question. What does a man do in a critical situation?He/she makes the SIMPLEST and the most AUTOMATIZED action. If someone has no automatized actions for such situations – he usually freezes with fear and does nothing at all (or becomes panic).

Why do I ask you about critical situations?

What is Your Plan?

Can you imagine a sea captain who tries to reach a distant land without a map? Can you imagine a motorist driving with closed eyes? Of course not.

If you want to achieve a certain distant goal, you need to have a map that will show you the right way. This relates to your chess goals as well.

Most players study chess rather haphazardly. They watch the videos that look nice, and read books that are popular or seem good to them.

I have to confess that I used the same way till… International Master level! This was my terrible mistake. Luckily, after that I met a good coach. Then I realized that I’m going, but I’m going nowhere…

Chess teaches us strategic thinking. You’ve probably heard that you must have a PLAN while playing. And it’s better to have a bad plan than not to have any plan at all.

It would be wise to use this rule while playing chess and in other situations as well.

So here’s my question to you:

What is your PLAN for chess progress in 2013?

I’ll give you some hints in the next issue, but I’d like that you think about it by yourself first.

A plan should contain:
+ your overall goal;
+ steps/stages of moving towards that goal;
+ schedule of training.

If you have a PLAN it doesn’t guarantee your success, but gives you a chance for it.
If you don’t have a PLAN you have almost an absolute guarantee of failure.

Give it a try. And remember: it’s better to have a bad plan than not to have any plan at all.

What is your PLAN for chess progress in 2013?

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To conclude, I’d like to give you 2 cool puzzles. As usual, your task is to find the best move and calculate the resulting variations.

Topalov – Dominguez

White’s turn

Central squares are usually very good for a knight. This time, however, White’s centralized knight is suddenly trapped! Can you see any way to escape?

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Anand – Nakamura

White’s turn

Black puts pressure over the c-file and is trying to develop a king-side attack. What should White do?

After you come up with your solutions in both games, download the commented games here:LINK

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