black bishop

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A black bishop is one of two diagonal-moving pieces in chess, starting on dark squares for the player with the black pieces.

Each side has two bishops—one confined to light squares, one to dark—and "black bishop" may refer either to the color of the piece or the color of squares it travels.

I traded my black bishop for a knight.

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chess piece color

black bishopwhite bishop

Pale chess piece, moves diagonally

chess piece type (black pieces)

black bishopblack rook

Ebony corner chessman

black knight · black queen · black king · black pawn

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G