{"id":117,"date":"2022-04-18T17:27:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T15:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessily.com\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2022-06-08T20:37:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T18:37:14","slug":"bishop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chessily.com\/learn-chess\/bishop\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"
The bishop is a unique piece in chess, as it can move only diagonally. Since they are locked into moving on either light or dark squares, each player has a light-square and a dark-square bishop to start the game with. The bishop considered a long-range piece that can be deadly, especially when attacking with both of them. So let’s take a closer look at what makes this chess piece special and how you can use it to crush your opponent \ud83d\udc80.<\/p>\n
Each player starts with two bishops<\/strong>. White’s bishops start the game on squares c1 and f1, while Black’s bishops occupy squares c8 and f8. See the following picture for a visual representation of the respective starting positions:<\/p>\n