Working in the background : a powerful bishop on b2!

Submitted by mauerblume on Sun, 08/09/2009 at 6:20am.

Some time ago I posted here in my blog

and praised that bishop.

Here now two new examples with that theme.

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Last friday a friend showed me a position from one of his games. He had the white pieces

I think that black`s position is better with that awful "hole" on f3 and the whitesquared weaknesses around the white king. Perhaps simple

1. ...Rad8

would have lead to clear black adventage.

But instead of this simple and logical move the black player, also a friend of mine, played

1. ...Bh6

and was countered by a surprising move

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So in the first example we have seen the power of the Bb2 without he does move. He works effective in the background and supported the "heavy pieces"attack.-

Here in the second example there is already an impressive bishop on b2. Again white sacrifies an exchange to free the full powerof the Bb2 ,which again is working in the background

Try to find the decisive move. And the the power of the Bb2 working in the background

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Comments:

by RoseyMe - 3 months ago
Baghdad Iraq

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Qc3 is good too

by mauerblume - 3 months ago
Duesseldorf Germany

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aabbccdd

Yes, you are right,

2. Qxd4 Bh6 3. Rxe5

wins also, leading to the same variation with a turnaround move order

by kid_of_chess - 3 months ago
Ottawa,Ontario Canada

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and in the puzzle on the second example, doesnt Be5! trap the Queen?

by kid_of_chess - 3 months ago
Ottawa,Ontario Canada

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hold up....

in the first example doesnt 2.Qxd4 or 2.Bxd4 win to mate?

by Utopian - 3 months ago
Iloilo Philippines

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This is great practice for us fans of the Nimzo-Larsen Attack. Demonstrates what type of damage that 'sniper' on b2 can potentially cause. Thank a lot!

by wormrose - 3 months ago
Lake Tahoe, NV United States

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Nice article.

I recommended it to the members of my group 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack

by ZeroVektor - 3 months ago
North Carolina United States

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This is a pretty good article! Especially those of us who are fans of openings where the QB ends un fianchettoed: QID, NID, Colle-Zukertort, Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird's etc....and I am a fan!

by EndingRepertoire - 3 months ago
Bellevue, Washington United States

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interesting article, thanks : )

by mauerblume - 3 months ago
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Julian:

What is about 1.Qc3 Qf6 2. Qxf7 gxf6 3.Rxf8 Kg7 4. Rxc8 i think this is also winning

for me its seems nearly equal to 1. Qd2 because i can´t see any forced mate after 1...Rxe8 2.Qxd6

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This is correct, Julian, but I did not mention it , because I did not want to "overload" the article!

by Julian_ - 3 months ago
Bochum Germany

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Nice article , its always a pleasure to read your articles

But i have some question because you did not mentioned it in move list ...

What is about 1.Qc3 Qf6 2. Qxf7 gxf6 3.Rxf8 Kg7 4. Rxc8 i think this is also winning

for me its seems nearly equal to 1. Qd2 because i can´t see any forced mate after 1...Rxe8 2.Qxd6

by samtheman405 - 3 months ago
Manchester, Bury England

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Very good, thankyou.

by greatexcalibur - 3 months ago
Melbourne Australia

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Have solved both! They both are really showing the power of Bishop pairs without Queen on the board..

Thanks for the article and puzzles, Heinrich!

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