The Bishop

The white and black bishops are located at squares c1, f1 and c8, f8 - as illustrated in the diagram.

The Bishop brothers are the advisers to the royal family (the King and Queen). They sidle up on their tippy-toes, whispering advice into the ears of their masters. When they were young, the Bishop brothers loved to run on the checkered floor of the castle, always sticking to one color. The Bishop brothers hate it when people can't tell them apart, and so they made a deal with the King ↓↓↓

Starting Position

While they both move around diagonally, one brother will always stay on the light squares, while the other stays only on the dark.

The Bishop is a powerful long-range piece, famous for making piercing pins, and aiming at hopeless enemies from afar.

How it Moves