Webinar 23. How to Play Against Bishop Pair
Dear Chess Friends!
Remember 3 week before I explained how to exploit the advantage of a Bishop Pair. We talked about several plans that can help us to play with a bishop pair and convert it to the material advantage. Of course, the main idea is to locate bishops on open diagonals, open the position and control both sides of the board. You know bishops are better than knights because of their long reach.
However, during the webinar you asked me – How to play against a Bishop Pair? Of course, the short answer is to keep the position closed, but it’s not the only thing you should do. The detailed answer what to do in such a case is… Attend the webinar to learn how to play against a Bishop Pair!
If you are not sure and want to know more – you should definitely attend my next webinar “How to Play Against Bishop Pair”!
What are we going to do on the webinar?
I’m going to show you three classical game fragments where this strategical motif was applied:
- Emanuel Lasker – Mikhail Chigorin
- Mikhail Tal – Mikhail Botvinnik
- Vasily Smyslov – Boris Spassky
The webinar starts on Sunday (8th of March) at 11 a.m. (EDT), 3 p.m. (GMT), 6 p.m. (Moscow time). This webinar is free.
Please, register for the webinar with this link:
https://tricksofchess.clickmeeting.com/webinar-23-how-to-play-against-bishop-pair/register
Please, don’t forget to register in advance and reserve your spot in case of high number of attendees. 5 participants who register for the webinar first will be able to use a microphone.
If you attend such webinar for the first time – please, read the information below:
What to expect from the webinar?
I’m going to conduct this webinar as a group and interactive chess lesson. I prepared questions and exercises for you and I want you to suggest the moves, plans and share your ideas on the webinar.
Why group lessons are important?
I’m studying and teaching chess for many years and I’m absolutely sure that the key to success in chess depends on proper training methods. That’s why I have no doubts that a training program for almost any student should consist of:
- Individual lessons (where the coach tries to explain and correct mistakes that the student makes)
- Puzzles solving (can be part of the lesson or a homework)
- Group lessons (where students may learn openings and typical plans that can be applied in certain types of positions. Group lessons also help to analyze common mistakes that many students make. And of course, group lessons increase competition between students and stimulate them to get ahead of each other!)
- Tournament games (why not online games? Because, only tournament games keep you concentrated from the beginning to the very end of the game. This is where you can improve)
See you on the webinar!
FM Victor Neustroev
