Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 07:12:11 11/03/05
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>>It is totally dependent on what type of position is on the board, but there are >>many intructional examples that even strong players struggle with, where the Q+N >>is better, it is easier in many cases for humans atleast to find the strength in >>Q+B and that is how this came about i think. > >In many cases the Q+N is stronger due to attack patterns. The bishop does not >attack in any way that the queen can not. Notice that Bishops are so much >stronger as a pair. Each bishop attacks squares the other can not. What piece >can attack in a way the queen can not? I do not know why someone would call it >a myth but I trust Karpov and Henley (in their book "Golden Rules of Chess") on >this issue. Both Grufeld and Silman cover this issue as well. > >Ryan If you go back and read my post i started by saying "It is totally dependent on what type of position is on the board"...
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