bishop to g2/b2

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Avatar of mrtb411

Is there any point in having a bishop on g2/b2 and a knight blocking it on c6/f6?

Avatar of TreyTheGreat199

I saw this position that shows the benefits pretty good. With the knight in front of the bishop there's a potential discovered attack against whites knights. Moving blacks knight to E4 attacks whites queen with the knight and attacks whites knights with the bishop. White also can't recapture without losing material.

Avatar of tygxc

A knight does not block the bishop, a pawn does.

1 g3 Nc6 2 Bg2 is better for white than 1 g3 c6 2 Bg2