Chess Rules III - The Bishops

The Bishops, in the initial position, are placed beside the King and the Queen, having each player 2 Bishops in the beginning of each game, one placed in white square and other in black square.

Movement - The Bishops can only move in diagonals, as it's shown in the next image:

This piece's exclusive movement in the diagonals, gives it an interesting characteristic, the fact that it can only move by squares of his own color. So, the Bishop who begins at white square will only move in the white diagonals, and the Bishop who begins at the black square will also only move in the diagonals of the same color (black).


Capture - The Bishop can capture the adversary's pieces which are placed in his way.

As we ca see in the previous image the Bishop can move along his two diagonals, beeing able, in thi case, of capturing the adversary's Queen.

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Hint - The pair of Bishops is a very powerful weapon, being, in most cases, considered superior to the pair of Knights. The bishop reaches his whole splendor in positions where there are no pieces or pawns to limit his movements.