Chess Finesse Opposite-Colored Bishops Endgames

Finesse Your Opponents In Tricky Endgames

Are all opposite-colored bishop endgames drawn? The short answer is: no. The long answer is: they are definitely not!

In this course, GM Danyyil Dvirnyy takes a deep dive into a topic that you probably haven’t read much about. Your opponents might think these endgames are drawn, but you’ll be equipped with new knowledge to the contrary – and the skills to back up your knowledge.

GM Dvirnyy teaches you the concepts needed to understand these tricky endgames. He believes that such endgames have to be analyzed differently from other positions, leading you to some unnatural concepts that you may have never seen before.

For example, material plays a far less important role in opposite-colored bishop endgames – where a pawn, or even two, isn’t enough to change the evaluation. This makes these endgames harder to fully understand, but after studying this course, you’ll have a much better understanding of how to play them in practice.

As you can imagine, being able to confidently go into this endgame knowing it’s a draw gives you a lot of extra options in your middlegame decisions!

Throughout the course, you’ll find popular wisdom challenged and you’ll soon be equipped with tricks, traps and techniques that keep the pressure on any opponent, no matter how “dry” the position looks.

It might look like White can make no progress but h5! overloads the g6 pawn and the pawn simply runs

Becoming an opposite-colored bishop specialist clearly gives you an extra weapon in your chess arsenal, and the time spent here can save you countless wasted points.

GM Dvirnyy covers a range of different positions and different ways to play them, including:

🧠 Passed pawns – in these endgames, a passed pawn is often worth far more than any material considerations. It’s about quality, not quantity!
🧠 Fortresses – learn how to create positions that shut down your opponent’s progress, even when they are up significant material”
🧠 Pawn islands – learn how to manage your pawns to get them out of the way from your opponent’s bishop, and target their pawn islands”
🧠 Liquidation – learn how to ‘see the future’ and steer your middlegames into favorable endgames’

This is GM Danyyil Dvirnyy’s second Chessable course after publishing The Classical English in 2023. A two-time Italian champion, Dvirnyy has represented the national team at the 2016 Olympiad in Baku.