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berdihocsky

Hi! Am I the only one who is struggling badly with white bishop as black when playing sicilian or similiar positions. Does anyone else has an impression that this piece is usually the one which is the hardest to develop properly. If I suppose that white will play objectively the strongest or close to the strongest move, will it eventually weaken the power of my white bishop as black? any thoughts and give me concrete examples from your games or from history where white bishop is bad/good : when to trade it, when not, at what diagonal to put it.

One important note: when I run engine as black it mostly gives me to play eventually d6, but I have noticed it is before I develop my white bishop. Why? If i play d6 bishop is in cage and I struggle to develop White also put their knight in front of my d6 pawn, and it is locked.

Hi! Am I the only one who is struggling badly with white bishop as black when playing sicilian or similiar positions. Does anyone else has an impression that this piece is usually the one which is the hardest to develop properly. If I suppose that white will play objectively the strongest or close to the strongest move, will it eventually weaken the power of my white bishop as black? any thoughts and give me concrete examples from your games or from history where white bishop is bad/good : when to trade it, when not, at what diagonal to put it. One important note: when I run engine as black it mostly gives me to play eventually d6, but I have noticed it is before I develop my white bishop. Why? If i play d6 bishop is in cage and I struggle to develop White also put their knight in front of my d6 pawn, and it is locked.

lizani

In Sicilian setups with pawns on d6 and e6, the light squared bishop can go to Bd7 and later Bc6. Alternatively, you can fianchetto the bishop to b7 after b6 or b5. In Najdorf setups with pawns on d6 and e5, the bishop usually sits on e6.
Meanwhile, the dark squared bishop sits on e7 after playing e6 or e5. Or the bishop goes to g7 in the Dragon after playing g6.

In Sicilian setups with pawns on d6 and e6, the light squared bishop can go to Bd7 and later Bc6. Alternatively, you can fianchetto the bishop to b7 after b6 or b5. In Najdorf setups with pawns on d6 and e5, the bishop usually sits on e6. Meanwhile, the dark squared bishop sits on e7 after playing e6 or e5. Or the bishop goes to g7 in the Dragon after playing g6.

ChessPriyome

@berdihocsky said ^

Hi! Am I the only one who is struggling badly with white bishop as black when playing sicilian or similiar positions. Does anyone else has an impression that this piece is usually the one which is the hardest to develop properly. If I suppose that white will play objectively the strongest or close to the strongest move, will it eventually weaken the power of my white bishop as black? any thoughts...

Solutions include:
Develop the bishop before locking it in
Use the ...b5 expansion followed by Bb7
Play the freeing break ...d5 after d6 was played
Exchange the bishop for a knight
Fianchetto it
Recognize when the bishop is only temporarily bad

Any good opening book will give suggestions on how to react to develop the LSB properly.

@berdihocsky said [^](/forum/redirect/post/IV6ORgw3) > Hi! Am I the only one who is struggling badly with white bishop as black when playing sicilian or similiar positions. Does anyone else has an impression that this piece is usually the one which is the hardest to develop properly. If I suppose that white will play objectively the strongest or close to the strongest move, will it eventually weaken the power of my white bishop as black? any thoughts... Solutions include: Develop the bishop before locking it in Use the ...b5 expansion followed by Bb7 Play the freeing break ...d5 after d6 was played Exchange the bishop for a knight Fianchetto it Recognize when the bishop is only temporarily bad Any good opening book will give suggestions on how to react to develop the LSB properly.