A bad Bishop should remain a bad one!

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Submitted by mauerblume on Chess.com

More most of you surely know what is called a "bad bishop". It is normally one that is blockaded through his own pawns.
Here an example

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The picture speaks for itself! No wayout for the Bc8 in this moment. But naturally, moving d- or e-pawn he will come free.

So, if your opponent has a bad bishop try to
1. keep him on board
2. fix the the pawns on the colour of the bad bishop
3. exchange all other pieces
4. win the endgame with your good minor piece

Here a demonstration of the extra-class master Karpov:

1.Exchange of pieces, but the bad bishop remains on board

Karpov vs. Hort

Budapest 1973

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1... Nxd4 2. Qxd4 Qxd4 3. Nxd4 e5 4. Nfe6 Bxe6 5. Rxe5 Bd7 6. Rxe8 Rxe8 7. f3

Copy/paste the code below into your webpage or blog html to display this game:

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2. Exchange of the last pieces, but not of the bad bishop
    and fix the black pawns on white-coloured squares

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1. f3! Rc8 2. Rxc8+ Bxc8 3. Kf2 Kf7 4. Ke3 Ke7 5. b4! g6 ( 5... h6 6. Nf5+ Bxf5 7. Bxf5 Ne8 8. Bc8 Nc7 9. Kd4 Kd6 10. Bb7 ) 6. g4 Nd7 7. f4 Nf8 8. g5! Kd6 9. Kf3 Ne6? 10. Nxe6! Bxe6 11. Ke3! Bg4 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Kd4

Copy/paste the code below into your webpage or blog html to display this game:

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3. And now it is your turn. How did Karpov win that endgame? Any idea? 

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