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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 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.
The Hodgson Attack (also called the Pseudo-Trompowsky, Levitsky Attack after Stepan Levitsky, Queen's Bishop Attack, and Bishop Attack,) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. d4 d5
The result is a double check: One check is given by the rook, discovered by the capturing pawn's move; the other by the bishop, created by the captured pawn's removal. (The bishop’s check is not a discovered check, as the black pawn is captured and not moved.) Such a check is extremely rare in practical play, but it is sometimes found in ...
This is a list of chess openings that are gambits. ... Nescafe Frappe Attack ... Bishop's Gambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 ...
It works by using the bishop to attack the black king and a rook and Black's own pawn to confine it. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In many respects it is very similar to the Corner mate . Note that for a bishop on f6, capturing on f7 is incorrect since upon giving the rook retreat, the black rook would simply capture the bishop.
The Italian Game is a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: . 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4. This opening is defined by the development of the white bishop to c4 (the so-called "Italian bishop "), where it attacks Black's vulnerable f7-square.
In all variations, the basic idea is the same: the queen and bishop combine in a simple mating attack, occurring on f7 for White or on f2 for Black. Scholar's mate is sometimes referred to as the four-move checkmate , although there are other ways for checkmate to occur in four moves.