Knight v. Bad Bishop

One of Malaysian Chess Blogger use nick name as ‘Bad Bishop’ (see here). I do not know why he uses this nick name, but as far as I know, the term ‘Bad Bishop’ in game of chess refers to a bishop which lack of mobility normally hindered / hammed by its own pawns.

Below are some the games which shows how bad is bishop in certain positions and how knight is more powerful to exploit the positions. Hopefully the games below can give us some knowledge on judgment and planning in chess.


Game 1

[Date "1943"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Rc1 Nc6 9.c5 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Be2 Bd7 12.a3 f5 13.Bb5 Ng5 14.Bxc6 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 bxc6 16.Qf4 Rae8 17.O-O e5 18.Qxe5 Qxe5 19.dxe5 Rxe5 20.f4 Re7 21.Rfe1 Rfe8 22.Rxe7 Rxe7 23.Kf2 Kf7 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Rd2 h6 26.Re2 Rb8 27.Ke3 Rb3 28.Kd4 Kf6 29.Na2 Rb8 30.b4 g5 31.g3 gxf4 32.gxf4 a6 33.Nc3 Rg8 34.a4 Rg4 35.Rf2 Be6 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 cxb5 38.Nxb5 Rg1 39.Nc3 Kf7 40.Rb2 Rf1 41.Ne2 Re1 42.Ke5 d4 43.Kxd4 Kg6 44.Nc3 Kh5 45.Re2 Rxe2 46.Nxe2 Kg4 47.Ke5 Bc8 48.Nd4 h5 49.Nxf5 Bd7 50.Ng7 Ba4 51.f5 Kg5 52.Ne6+ 1–0




Game 2

[Date "1922"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.h3 O-O 8.Bc4 Re8 9.O-O e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 dxe5 12.Ng5 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nde4 Nxe4 15.Qxd8 Rexd8 16.Nxe4 b6 17.Rfd1 Kf8 18.Kf1 Ke7 19.c4 h6 20.Ke2 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rb8 22.Rd3 Bh8 23.a4 Rc8 24.Rb3 Kd7 25.a5 Kc6 26.axb6 axb6 27.Ra3 Bg7 28.Ra7 Rc7 29.Ra8 Re7 30.Rc8+ Kd7 31.Rg8 Kc6 32.h4 Kc7 33.g4 Kc6 34.Kd3 Rd7+ 35.Kc3 Rf7 36.b3 Kc7 37.Kd3 Rd7+ 38.Ke2 Rf7 39.Nc3 Re7 40.g5 hxg5 41.hxg5 Kc6 42.Kd3 Rd7+ 43.Ke4 Rc7 44.Nb5 Re7 45.f3 Kd7 46.Rb8 Kc6 47.Rc8+ Kd7 48.Rc7+ Kd8 49.Rc6 Rb7 50.Rxe6 1–0




Game 3

[Date "1939"]
[White "Blumin, Boris"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Bd7 9.Bd3 a5 10.b3 a4 11.b4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Na7 13.Ne5 Bb5 14.Bb2 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Qd5 16.Qxd5 exd5 17.Rc1 Nb5 18.O-O Ne4 19.Rc2 Ned6 20.Bc1 Rfe8 21.Rd1 f6 22.Nd7 b6 23.Rc6 Re7 24.Nc5 bxc5 25.Rxc5 Rc8 26.f3 f5 27.Rd3 c6 28.Kf2 Nc4 29.g4 fxg4 30.e4 dxe4 31.fxe4 Ncd6 32.Re5 Rf8+ 33.Ke2 Rxe5 34.dxe5 Nxe4 35.Re3 Nec3+ 36.Ke1 Rf3 0–1




Game 4

[Date "1949"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.h3 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Be2 e6 9.O-O exd5 10.exd5 Re8 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Nc5 13.Nd4 Nfe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.b3 Ng3 16.Re1 Nxe2+ 17.Rxe2 Bd7 18.Qd2 a6 19.Rce1 Qh4 20.Nf3 Qh5 21.Bd4 Rxe2 22.Qxe2 Bxd4 23.Nxd4 Qxe2 24.Rxe2 Kf8 25.f3 c5 26.dxc6 bxc6 27.Rd2 Ke7 28.Ne2 Be6 29.Kf2 d5 30.c5 Kd7 31.Nd4 f6 32.Re2 Bf7 33.f4 Rg8 34.g3 h5 35.Re3 Re8 36.Rxe8 Bxe8 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Kc7 39.Kg3 Bd7 40.g5 fxg5 41.fxg5 Bc8 1–0