{"id":42,"date":"2021-05-11T11:05:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T11:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.forwardchess.com\/blog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2021-05-16T16:26:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T16:26:52","slug":"misadventures-of-a-bishop-the-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/misadventures-of-a-bishop-the-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Misadventures of a Bishop: The Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
Once upon a time, in our checkered battlefield, a bishop got stuck in its own quarters. The only thing it could see was a wall of pawns. Beyond it, in the no man’s land, a battle was raging and our bishop was eager to help in the fight!<\/div>\n
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Alas, he couldn’t get a lift. There were no railroads or tunnels under the chessboard. It had to walk a long way! Welcome to the story of Bishops who survived such lockdowns!<\/div>\n
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In Winning Chess Manoeuvres<\/a>, by Sarhan Guliev (published by New in Chess), the author dedicates an entire chapter to the story of these lockdown Bishops. The chapter called “Shuttle Manoeuvre” is full of misadventures of ambitious Bishops, which are later resolved through maneuvering in the middlegame phase.<\/div>\n
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The first step to fixing a problem is to recognize that it exists. There is no shame in moving a piece backward.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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