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A bishop for a tempo
Veselin Topalov — Alexei Shirov
Shirov offers his bishop on h3 in a passed-pawn ending. Capturing it gives his king the tempo it needs to enter.
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Video, explanations and animations by RookHabit. Pieces by Colin M. L. Burnett, distributed with python-chess (GPLv3+).
