If you have read a few of Mark Dvoretsky's books (like I have), you'd know that opposite coloured bishops are his specialty both in the middlegame and in the endgame. Positional Play volume has a special chapter about importance of middlegame initiative whenever you have bishops of opposite colours.
Here is a simple position that could have also illustrated his ideas fairly well:
Jiganchine -Trotchanovich, Keres memorial, 2007
White to move.
For a detailed explanation and solution - watch this video I made:
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Roman, these videos are awesome. Thanks for making them
ReplyDeleteCool, thought I'd bring a bit of BC chess to youtube :)
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