Answers.Body: <p>1.Bxb2 and you're up a rook for a pawn.</p>
  
  <p>1.Qxd1 Bxe5 and you're only up the exchange (rook vs bishop) for a pawn.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I was just looking for the best move in the position (White to move).</p>
  
  <p>And I thought that capturing the bishop in green square would be the best as it controls </p>
  
  <p>the open a8-h1 diagonal ,but the engine preferred the bishop in red square with an advantage over 2 points in its evaluation,</p>
  
  <p>I am unable to see the reason (tactical or strategic)
   for this behavior.  </p>
  
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Tags: <strategy><tactics><bishops><bad-bishop>
Title: Capturing one bishop
ThreadText: # Capturing one bishop
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-15)
  
  I was just looking for the best move in the position (White to move).
  
  And I thought that capturing the bishop in green square would be the best as it controls
  
  the open a8-h1 diagonal ,but the engine preferred the bishop in red square with an advantage over 2 points in its evaluation,
  
  I am unable to see the reason (tactical or strategic)
  for this behavior.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/viRrw.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/viRrw.png)
  
  **Tags:** strategy, tactics, bishops, bad-bishop
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-12-15. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
  
  1.Bxb2 and you're up a rook for a pawn.
  
  1.Qxd1 Bxe5 and you're only up the exchange (rook vs bishop) for a pawn.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: lol, you are right , I just blundered in basic calculation haha!  
  
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