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bishop (chess)
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|image1=Chess piece - White bishop.JPG
|caption1=White bishop
|image2=Chess piece - Black bishop.JPG
|caption2=Black bishop
}}The bishop (â, â) is a piece in the game of chess. It moves and captures along {{chessgloss|diagonals}} without jumping over intervening pieces. Each player begins the game with two bishops. The starting squares are c1 and f1 for White's bishops, and c8 and f8 for Black's bishops.{{AN chess|pos=toc}}|caption1=White bishop
|image2=Chess piece - Black bishop.JPG
|caption2=Black bishop
Placement and movement
The {{chessgloss|king's bishop}} is placed on f1 for White and f8 for Black; the {{chessgloss|queen's bishop}} is placed on c1 for White and c8 for Black.The bishop has no restrictions in distance for each move but is limited to diagonal movement. It cannot jump over other pieces. A bishop captures by occupying the square on which an enemy piece stands. As a consequence of its diagonal movement, each bishop always remains on one square color. Due to this, it is common to refer to a bishop as a light-squared or dark-squared bishop. {{col-begin|width=auto; float:left; clear:left}} {{col-break}}{{Chess diagram|tleft|bd |
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