| The bishop moves diagonally. The arrows show all the squares this bishop can go to on the next move | |
 Diagram 1 |
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| In diagram 2 below, it shows what happens after the bishop has moved to g8. We write this move Bg8. When the bishop is on g8 it can move diagonally to h7 or back along the other diagonal to f7, e6,d5, c4, b3, or a2 |
In diagram 3 the bishop is standing in the corner on a8 and the arrow shows where it can move. It can move any number of squares unless there is a piece or pawn in the way. |
 Diagram 2 |
 Diagram 3 |
| The bishop standing on b3 can move to any of the squares shown by the red arrows. It cannot move to d1 because the black knight is in the way but it can capture the black knight | In diagram 5 we see that the bishop has captured the black knight. The bishop now stands on the square that the knight was standing on. We write this move Bxc2. That means that the bishop has captured something on c2. The arrows show where the bishop can move. It cannot move to g6 or h7 because the white rook is in the way. |
 Diagram 4 |
 Diagram 5 |
| In Diagram 6 a bishop on a white square moves along a diagonal so it stays on white squares and can never reach black squares. A bishop is not as powerful as a rook because a rook can reach every square on the board. If there are two bishops they can reach every square on the board and they are powerful. | |
 Diagram 6 |
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