Do you know what I hate? (part 2)

AdorableMogwai · 2013-07-05T09:47:17-07:00

Do you know what I hate? Opposite color bishop endgames. It's annoying how someone can play worse during the actual game, and be pawns down in the endgame, but just by virtue of there being opposite bishops they can draw. Most of the time they don't plan it that way either. There should be

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AndyClifton

Jul 5, 2013

#21

Well, it also sucks that you can be 2 Kts up and still can't force a win. It's just a part of the game (the sizable draw margin).

condude2

Jul 5, 2013

#22

Wrong coloured bishop and doubled a/h pawns is a draw also. It gives that defending side a glimmer of hope, some thing to play for after a weaker middlegame. Opposite coloured bishops are more often endgames than other endings, but by no means is it a guarantee.