A Cage for the Bishop

The extreme case of restriction: the bishop is locked into a cage of enemy and friendly pawns alike, from which it never escapes. Building the cage usually costs a weakening or a small material investment, and the examples weigh the price against the gain. When the cage is complete, the game is played with an extra piece.

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Bronstein, David I — Petrosian, Tigran V Candidates Tournament · 1956.??.?? · 1/2-1/2
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Donner, Jan Hein — Petrosian, Tigran V Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd · 1966.07.24 · 1/2-1/2
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Timman, Jan H — Tal, Mihail Tallinn · 1973.??.?? · 0-1
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Liptay, Laszlo — Spassky, Boris V 1962.??.??
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Polugaevsky, Lev — Balashov, Yuri S URS-ch45 · 1977.??.?? · 1-0