bishop endgames

regarding the rule of "put your pawns on the same color as that of your opponent's bishop",

1. aren't you putting them at risk of being attacked by his bishop? you'll have to devote resources to constantly defend them.

2. the rule also says to put them in the opposite color to your own bishop. kind of the same question as 1. Then your bishop can't help defend the pawns..

3. which color do u put them on now if both have the same colored bishop? and why?

Thanks yeres!

well its a suggested endgame strategy for what its worth..

the supposed theory is that, your B is controlling squares of a color, so ur pawns should be controlling the opposite color. similarly the pawns are supposed to take away the squares controlled by the opponent's B.

u can think it in terms of mobility as well..

ur B vs Kt example was good too.

so am I correct in understanding you yeres, is that you are saying to put ur pawns on the opposite color to your bishop, regardless of what color bishop ur opponent has?

so whats the plan for when players have opposite colored Bs on the board??

it depends? no such simple rule? :)

If it is a bishops of opposite color endgame, I like to put my pawns on the color opposite to that of his bishop. If both bishops are on the same color in the endgame, I still like to put my pawns on the opposite color of his bishop, as they can be protected by the king, and the bishop can keep away your opponents king. then you can march them foreward as usual.

share some examples..

Each position has its own nuances.

In general, you want to have your bishop not blocked in by your own pawns or the opponent's pawns, and you want your opponent's blocked in either by his own pawns or by yours. How and whether this can be done is position-specific.

White, because the king can creep into black's camp and cause havvock to the pawns.

That is not really about opposite-colored bishops though...it's about the placement of the pawns.

White's pawns force black's king to go by a long detour into white's camp. But black's pawns seem to accept white's king's presence.

So for the endings given below,

1. Bishop vs Knight

2. Same color Bishops

3. Opposite color Bishops endings

is it almost always better (ofcourse, considering exceptions depending on the position) to put our pawns on the color squares opposite to our Bishop?

Can someone plz clarify.

Thanks,

P.S: Can someone anwer this plz

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/evaluating-pawn-structures