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Here’s a scary fact: more rating points are lost in the endgame than any other phase. And that’s not even including the knock-on effect these painful late losses have on your following games.
But there is a silver lining – golden, even.
Master the fine art of endgame play and you will be on the other side of those painful losses, vacuuming up rating points like there’s no tomorrow!
GM Damian Lemos is here to help you play the endgame like a natural. In his new 8 hour Endgame Masterclass course, Damian trains you in the skills and techniques you can use in any endgame, as well as giving you the insider knowledge required to steer your unsuspecting victims into lost positions. In this exclusive free preview of the course, Damian focuses his attention on piece activity, and specifically the bad bishop.
It’s a key chess strategy rule to not place your own pawns on the same color squares as your own bishop (the exception for this is in the case that you’re on the defensive in endgames with opposite-colored bishops.)
If your pawns are fixed on the same color squares as your bishop, your bishop’s mobility is limited – especially if your bishop is not outside the pawn chain. Such a bishop is called a “bad bishop”.
In most cases a bad bishop is unable to attack the opponent’s pawns which are usually placed on the opposite color squares. Therefore, the bishop is doomed to passively defend his own pawns. Even with equal material, such a bishop hands an advantage to your opponent – it’s almost as if they are a piece up, which at intermediate level and higher, is usually enough to determine the outcome of the game.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, it gets worse – placing your pawns on the same color squares as your bishop usually creates many weak squares on the opposite color squares which the opponent can use to create outposts for their pieces, forcing their way into your position while there is little you can do about it.
Watch GM Damian Lemos’ tips on how to avoid falling into this tricky situation with bad bishops, and how to make the most of it when your opponent is the one with a bad bishop.
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