How the Bishop Moves:-

At the beginning of the game, the bishops are to be found here:

Bishops can move an unlimited number of squares diagonally. This means that a bishop that starting the game on a dark square will only ever be able to operate on the dark squares. Similarly, a bishop that begins on a light square will never sit upon a black square:

A bishop cannot jump over its fellow pieces. Here the bishop is blocked, and can only go as far as the green X:

When a bishop captures an opponent's piece, the enemy unit is removed and the bishop stops on the square the captured piece occupied:



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