Ordinarily pure opposite-colored bishop endings have a very large drawish tendency, but in chess there is no rule without exceptions. I want to highlight one attacking method in particular:
156.01 J.Nunn
[FEN "8/2k5/2P1K3/6p1/5p2/2b2B1P/6P1/8 b - - 0 1"]The position is based on an endgame, which John Nunn played in a simultaneous display in 1977. He analyzes it in detail in his excellent Secrets of Practical Chess, 2nd edition, Gambit 2007 and I use his analysis in the following:
1...Be1 2.Kf6...
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