Ep. 116: The Truth About Bishops & Knights for the Club-Level Chess Player (Game Analysis #10)

The Chess Angle · Jun 30, 2024 · 43m

This week, Neal discusses another instructive tournament game. We cover the following and more:

"Frustration" moves

Attacking the fianchetto pawn structure

When those h3/h6 pawn moves are good (or bad)

Moving the same piece twice early on

Useless one-move attacks

Bishop vs. Knight

Game Referenced: Neal vs. 1697 (G/90;d10)

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. h3 Bb7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2

Nbd7 9. c3 Re8 10. a4 a5 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Qd1 h6 13. Re1 Bf8 14. Bh2 e5 15. dxe5

dxe5 16. Nc4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e4 18. Be2 Nc5 19. Ne5 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Bd6 21. Nc6

Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Re6 23. Nd4 Rd6 24. Nf5…