Gelfand’s marathon bishops

Pieces have various roles in different stages of the game. Have you heard of ‘marathon bishops’? GM Sundararajan Kidambi explores the concept, which he found while going through GM Axel Smith’s book on colour complexes. Check out the detailed analysis, which employed a game by living legend Boris Gelfand to enrich your understanding of this new terminology – the concept is not new, though! | Photo: Shahid Ahmed