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Why is Bd6 better than Be7, Bc5 and Bb4?
[FEN "r1bqkb1r/p4ppp/2p2n2/3p4/8/2N5/PPP1BPPP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 1 9"]
Be7 protects knight from getting pinned, Bc5 pins the pawn on f2 after Whites, castles, and Bb4 pins the knight.
Whats ...
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In Damanovic-Fischer, 1970, wasn't 66. Ke3 better?
In Damanovic-Fischer, it seems like the move played, 66. bxa4+, made it easy for Fischer. Wasn't 66. Ke3 better?
[Title "Damanovic- Fischer, 1970,"]
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In Fischer-Petrosian 1971 game 7, why did Fischer give up his good knight for a bad bishop?
Fischer played 22. Nxd7, which seems strange since the knight looked very good. Why did he play it?
[Title "Fischer-Petrosian, Buenos Aires (7) 1971, 10/19/1971"]
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Why would trading this bad bishop be a bad move?
When running a game I played through the analysis engines, I get that my 12th move, 12.Ba3, was an inaccuracy (-0.3 -> -1.3).
Since my center pawns are on dark squares, I assumed my dark bishop was a ...
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Should white be able to win this endgame?
Should white be able to win from the position
[fen "8/5k2/3p1p2/3PnP2/1KP1r1P1/8/3RB3/8 b - - 0 67"]
with black to move?
(A game I was playing ended there when black just let
black's time run out ...
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