bishop

Also known as king's bishop, B, queen's bishop, Bishop (chess)

chess piece

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A bishop is a chess piece that moves diagonally any number of squares across the board. It matters because controlling the diagonals with bishops is a key part of chess strategy and winning games.

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Image: Chess piece - Black bishop.JPG

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Portable Game Notation: B
Commons category: Chess bishops
Unicode character: ♝
Stack Exchange tag: chess.stackexchange.com/tags/bishops

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The bishop (♗, ♝) is a piece in the game of chess. It moves and captures along diagonals without jumping over interfering pieces. Each player begins the game with two bishops. The starting squares are c1 and f1 for White's bishops, and c8 and f8 for Black's bishops.

Placement and movement