bishop
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈbɪʃəp/
:
alfil
- The bishop moved diagonally across the board, capturing the opponent's knight.
So for example, it may be that, you know, you play Bishop, takes queen.
- So for example, it may be that, you know, you play Bishop, takes queen.
- I had to look at the pieces on the board like in my a knight, in my Bishop, in my Rook.
- We aren't pawns and Knights and bishops.
Examples
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The last move, I took your rook with my bishop.
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With the excellent range of your bishops, he's finished.
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So for example, it may be that, you know, you play Bishop, takes queen.
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Bishop takes Bishop, Queen takes queen.
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So I move, you know, my, my Bishop, the computer moves its queen.
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We both have two bishops.
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There are two bishops in chess.
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Then he moved the bishop to queen four, and then she said checkmate.
Fiction book (1999) -
Several pawns, a knight, and a bishop have been taken.
Fiction book (2001) -
Now, let's see... a pawn moves this way... and a bishop moves this way... and the queen moves every which way, doesn't it?
Synonyms
6
2.0
A small object like a pawn or queen used in the game of chess
Idioms
A humorous phrase that points out a sexual double meaning in what was said
Compounds
- Specialized
A pine tree from the northern California coast with two or three needles in each group
How Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bishop for the chess piece comes from Europe, where players imagined the piece as a church leader rather than an elephant, so it took the church name; that's why the chess bishop still 'watches' long diagonal lines across the board like a leader watching a wide area.