The Best Chess Strategy to Dominate with Two Bishops

One of Siegbert Tarrasch's best games: a spectacular battle between bishops and knights, alongside the most effective strategy to exploit the advantage of two bishops, namely pushing pawns forward over the entire board to gradually restrict the knights and squeeze the enemy's forces until they are completely paralyzed. And once the enemy knights are immobilized, the decisive breakthrough follows.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Qe2 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qxe5+ Qe7 8.Re1 Qxe5 9.Rxe5+ Be7 10.d3 f6 11.Re1 Kf7 12.Bf4 g5 13.Bd2 Bg4 14.Nd4 c5 15.Ne2 Nb5 16.Bc3 Rad8 17.Nd2 Nd4 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.a3 c5 20.Ng3 h5 21.f3 Bd7 22.Re2 b5 23.Rae1 Bf8 24.Nge4 Rg8 25.Nb3 Rc8 26.Ned2 Bd6 27.Ne4 Bf8 28.Ned2 f5 29.Re5 Bd6 30.R5e2 Ra8 31.Na5 Rab8 32.Nab3 h4 33.Kh1 Rg6 34.Kg1 Be6 35.Rf2 Ra8 36.Rfe2 a5 37.Nb1 a4 38.N3d2 c4 39.Nf1 Rc8 40.Kh1 c3 41.bxc3 dxc3 42.Ne3 b4 43.Nc4 Bxc4 44.dxc4 Rxc4 45.Re3 bxa3 46.Nxc3 Bb4 0-1

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[@benjrubic6679]

Great video! Very informative. Thanks for bringing these beautiful games to light and thanks for the detailed analysis.

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[@ashdreadeye6976]

Wow brother your explanation is amazing 🤩 one thing I like about your explanation is that you always tell the idea behind a particular move. Great video

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[@SozialpsychologiemitProfErb]

Great analysis! Already waitimg für your next Video! 👍

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[@fredgandolfi2356]

Most instructive thank you!

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[@altonbrek]

Fantastic game! 😊

[@ashoksafaya5397]

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[@vipinr2034]

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[@Thriall]

This game must have been so frustrating for white. Thank again!

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[@amosdraak3536]

@ 14:48 I feel like some stronger tacticians like Chigorin or Steinitz would’ve found that Rd5 line at that time. After several moves of passivity and two ineffective knights, finally having an opportunity to create some problems for Black such as causing the rook to go to g6 would be the start of the realization for true counter play. @ 15:45, while it can be uncomfortable seeing that Bc6 is the threat, considering the alternative is the position @ 14:40, some other move would have to be considered. A move which would allow an intermezzo to gain just enough time to maintain the rook and more importantly, the pin on Bd6. Plus once you consider g4, you also can see that gaining access to e4 gives so many great opportunities for White. So unless White was getting lower on time, perhaps he might’ve resigned himself to the idea that he must play passively, evidencing once again the psychological aspect of chess. But for myself, after playing for a while with little space and knowing how often these NN vs BB endgames play out poorly for the NN side, I would definitely invest the time to see what tactics are available to me and even if I couldn’t calculate all the way to the end, it would definitely feel like the proper path to take. The rest of the game was fine play by Tarrasch to finish. Thanks for this one. Good day

[@Silvermist78]

What an incredible positional mastwr piece ! Thank you 🙏for explaining so clearly! 💪

[@chesswisdom]

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[@rajatdogra96]

7:04 bringing knight forward is also a option 😊

[@RachManJohn]

Really great content, as usual. May I ask what your rating is?

[@chesswisdom]

Thank you. I don't have an official rating, chess is my hobby. My blitz rating on chess.com is around 2250.

[@andrewibrahim9346]

Thank you for explaining the idea behind each move. It’s really helped my chess thinking and strategical understanding. Please never change this.

[@gaopinghu7332]

May I ask what the sound at 4:01 was?

[@chesswisdom]

Sure, the software plays this sound when an illegal move is made.

[@gaopinghu7332]

@@chesswisdom oh, ok.