Editing Chess endgame (section)

====Bishops on opposite colors====
{{main|Opposite-colored bishops endgame}}
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|White to play, a draw.  White wins if the pawn is on f5 instead of e5.<ref>{{Harvcol|Fine|Benko|2003|pp=184–92}}</ref>
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Endings with ''bishops of opposite color'', meaning that one bishop works on the light squares, the other one working on dark squares, are notorious for their {{chessgloss|drawish}} character. Many players in a poor position have saved themselves from a loss by trading down to such an endgame. They are often drawn even when one side has a two-pawn advantage, since the weaker side can create a blockade on the squares on which his bishop operates. The weaker side should often try to make their bishop ''{{chessgloss|bad bishop|bad}}'' by placing their pawns on the same color of their bishop in order to defend their remaining pawns, thereby creating an impregnable [[fortress (chess)|fortress]].
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