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Change the pawn front to release a bishop

Your bishop is useful only after a central pawn advances or exchanges.

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Bobby Fischer – Boris Spassky

World Championship, Reykjavik · 1972.??.?? · 1-0

21... Qe7 · White to move

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What to notice at 21... Qe7

Fischer’s 22.e5 changed the central relationship. His bishop soon reached c4, where its diagonal became part of the kingside attacking arrangement.

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Your thinking first

Name the signal, choose a plan, and test the opponent’s most challenging response.

What do you notice?What is your plan, and why?How could the opponent resist?

Recall and explain

1. Your bishop is useful only after a central pawn advances or exchanges. How would you apply “change the pawn front to release a bishop”, and which defensive reply must you check?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

Make it memorable

Judge the bishop after the door opens.

Teach this to a friend in one minute. Then return to a different example and look for the same signal without being told its name.

Reflect and revisit

This is your self-assessment, not an engine grade or a promise of mastery.

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