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I remember skimming through Bobby Fischer Teaches
Chess one day, and saw a comment to the effect that you really
had to watch out for bishops, because as long-range weapons they can
be real easy to overlook.
    
 
  
 
 
Here White has been attacking, and appears to have sacrificed
already a pawn and an exchange. But Black seems to have his
defenses well in hand, with plenty of pieces around his king, and
the pawn at h6 evicting the pesky white knight.
1.Qg6
White instead takes advantage of the power of the pin, particularly
the power of an absolute pin, as in this case. The f-pawn is
pinned against the king by that sneaky sniper down at a2!
1...hxg5 2.Nxg5
Black captured the proffered knight, but as White was able to
recapture with another knight, Black really hasn't accomplished
anything. There is no defense to checkmate on h7 on
the very next move, so Black resigns.
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