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Lesson 6

Lesson goals:

 How can the Bishop be used effectively against Pawns
 Introducing the Queen
 The value of the Queen
 How the Queen moves and captures

All Pawns can be blocked if they are on the same diagonal see example.
XABCDEFGHY
8-vl-+-+-+(
7+P+-+-+-'

6-+P+-+-+&
5+-+P+-+-%
4-+-+P+-+$

3+-+-+P+-#
2-+-+ + +"
1+-+-+-+-!
xabcdefghy
In the above position, the Black Bishop effectively blocks the road of all the White Pawns.

Again without Kings on the Board, play games of a Bishop versus 3 Pawns (from the position you see
below) to get a better feel of the Bishop’s powers and limitations.
XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+-+(
7+-+-+pzpp'

6-+-+-+-+&
5+-+-+-+-%
4-+-+-+-+$
3+-+-+-+ #
2-+-+-vL-+"

1+-+-+-+ !

xabcdefghy
If one of the Pawns promotes, that’s a win, also if one side loses the Bishop that’s a loss. If all the Pawns
are lost, the side with the Bishop wins.

After experimenting in the classroom show the correct method of play:

White can hold up all three Pawns and eventually capture them. But only if White finds the correct plan
starting with 1.Bc5!, followed by 2.Bf8. For example: 1…h5 2.Bf8 g5 3.Be7 g4 4.Bh4 f5 5.Bg3. Now
Black starts losing the Pawns 5…h4 6.Bxh4 f4 7.Bg5 f3 8.Bh4.

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