Opposite colored bishops favor the attacker
Pure opposite colored bishop endings have a very large drawish tendency. However,
when more pieces are on the board matters are completely different:
The duel rook against bishop
Usually a rook is much stronger than a bishop in a technical endgame, but if the
bishop has targets to attack matters may be different:
Deadly Tripled Pawn
Usually it is of course better to have a healthy pawn structure, but in chess
there is no rule without exception:
Areshchenko's Attack
Queen endings sometimes look confusing for humans due to the many possible queen
moves and checks:
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