Beware the Bishop Pair

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Sturman, Mark^{; *}

Affiliations: Charlotte, North Carolina

Note: [*] 301 Charing Cross Drive, Matthews, North Carolina 28105-2618, USA. E-mail: ChessMark@aol.com.

Abstract: The relative strengths of Bishop and Knight are extensively investigated for various combinations of pieces and Pawns. The study is performed with the help of a large database (over 350,000 games). Other imbalanced endgames such as Queen vs two Rooks, two Rooks vs three minor pieces, and a Rook and a Pawn vs two minor pieces are discussed analogously. The results are compared with Capablanca’s (1921) statements and Timoshchenko’s (1993) findings. The conclusions are given 10 the form of 14 heuristics.

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1996-19203

Journal: ICGA Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 83-93, 1996