Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-73.10.163.124-20150401013118/@comment-24993958-20150514213243

I’m afraid I have to call bs on that. Late game the few pieces you have can tip toe around bishops by either staying on his imposible colors or, more often than not, move on a space he can’t reach because most of the board was cleared up. This isn’t even taking into account he has the knight’s problem of being incredibly hard to check mate with unless by some miracle you managed to keep both bishops alive.

The bishops are super powerful early game, being able to threaten the board as early as the first turn with one pawn move. They are strong midgame because if you forget about it for one second he will snipe one of your towers or cover your queen for a surprise mate. With that said though, they are not strong late game. What strength they have late is dependent on his pair surviving...and considering how much you use them early AND mid, that's not likely to happen.