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In the animated example shown above, you can see that each Archbishop is located in such a way as to defend the h-file from a potential incursion by an enemy Knight.
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The white Archbishop defends the h2 square and the black Archbishop defends the h7 square.
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If an enemy Knight gets too close, it could threaten capturing with check, then winning the Rook. This was also covered a great deal in the section describing the moves of the Knights at the bottom of that page.
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In the opening phase of Trice's Chess, each side can try to thwart the kingside development of the other by employing this motif. A player must make a contingency plan for this.
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A further elaboration of this notion is shown below.
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At some point in time, the newcomer will have a "light bulb moment" when they realize you can deploy the Archbishop and still guard against a fork.
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Almost without hesitation, they will make the move Af6 as shown above. From the f6 square, the black Archbishop guards h7 from a potential fork.
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However, this satisfaction is short-lived, as white has Bg5 to chase away the Archbishop, since the white Knight on f3 protects the Bishop now on g5.
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In most cases, black will have to suffer the indignation of retreating back to the g8 square to protect h7 from the dreaded knight fork.
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So how should one deploy their Archbishop safely? Here's a short sample opening where both sides avoid the typical complications.
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Watch the animation above and notice how placing the Archbishop onto the second rank in the f-file was the way both players chose to get their Archbishops into play.
1. d4 Nh6 2. Nh3 d5 3. f3 Nc6 4. g4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Bg2 f6 7. Nc3 Af7 8. Af2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7
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