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Even if the bad bishop is passively placed, it may serve a useful defensive function; a well-known quip from GM Mihai Suba is that "Bad bishops protect good pawns." [ 3 ] In the position from the game Krasenkow versus Zvjaginsev, [ 4 ] a thicket of black pawns hems in Black's bishop on c8, so Black is effectively playing with one piece fewer ...
The Bishop's Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: . 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4. White attacks Black's f7-square and prevents Black from advancing the d-pawn to d5. By ignoring the beginner's maxim "develop knights before bishops", White leaves their f-pawn unblocked, preserving the possibility of f2–f4.
Staunton style chess pieces. Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop. The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way.
The opposite-colored bishops endgame is a chess endgame in which each side has a single bishop and those bishops operate on opposite-colored squares. Without other pieces besides pawns and the kings , these endings are widely known for their tendency to result in a draw .
Compensation can include: Better pawn structure.; The "two bishops", or "bishop pair", which refers to having bishops of both colors while your opponent does not.Almost all modern players consider having both bishops as an advantage, although historically there has been great debate as to how much of an advantage they constitute.
In chess, the Greek gift sacrifice, also known as the classical bishop sacrifice, is a typical sacrifice of a bishop by White playing Bxh7+ or Black playing Bxh2+ at some point after the opponent has castled kingside, with the goal generally being to attack and checkmate the opponent's king, or to regain material.
In chess, the bishop and knight checkmate is the checkmate of a lone king by an opposing king, bishop, and knight.With the stronger side to move, checkmate can be forced in at most thirty-three moves from almost any starting position.
In chess, the fianchetto (English: / ˌ f i ə n ˈ k ɛ t oʊ / or / ˌ f i ə n ˈ tʃ ɛ t oʊ /; [1] Italian: [fjaŋˈketto] "little flank") is a pattern of development wherein a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent b- or g-file, the knight pawn having been moved one or two squares forward.