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Sometimes, due to the extremely poor position of the bishop, it is possible to drive the opposing king from the “saving opposite corner” all the way to the fatal bishop’s corner. We see one such situation in Gazoni’s 1933 study.
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Black on the move would most easily draw by entering the bishop into the saving square.
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The following study (T. Molien 1895) is also very instructive. White on the move wins by not allowing the bishop to enter the saving square of the six” a1-f1-f6-a6.
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Black to move draws.
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Knowing the “saving square of the six” from the previous example allows you to successfully resolve all more complex situations with the black king in a good, “opposite” corner. To illustrate, first look at the 1909. Dehler study.
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Countless times we have been convinced that in chess there are no rules without exception, that no “law” should be considered absolute and eternal. This is confirmed by the case of an absolutely safe “opposite” corner. By itself, coming into the “opposite” corner doesn’t have to mean definitive salvation, if the bishop takes a […]
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The 1991 study by Mugnos and Carlsson is also very instructive. White can’t win on the move because Black can control the critical square c6 in a unique way.
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Knowing the winning position shown in diagram 213.b makes it easy to find the right defense plan in critical situations with the king near an unfavorable bishop’s corner. The next position with the reverse colors arose in the game Schmuter-Huzman, the 1990 Ukrainian Championship.
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In similar positions the bishop is also bad in close proximity to its king. The next study was composed by V. Platov in 1925.
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F. Sackman’s study looks even more incredible because at first glance it seems impossible to weave a mate net. But Black loses again due to the poor position of the bishop.
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