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Bishop Endgame

Endgame lesson31 linesYou play Black

Endings with bishops on the board, same-coloured or opposite-coloured. Opposite-coloured bishop endings are famously drawish even a few pawns down; same-coloured ones play more like other endings.

Bishop Endgame: starting position (Black to move)

How it's played

55…f3+ 56.Kh1 Kh3 57.Bd5 g2+ 58.Kg1 Kg3 59.Bxf3 Kxf3

More lines

Bishop Endgame
46.d6 cxd6 47.cxb6
Bishop Endgame
37…Kxf3 38.b4 cxb4
Bishop Endgame
43.Bd4+ Bxd4 44.Kxd4 g5 45.Ke5
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