"The future belongs to he who has the bishops."
- Siegbert Tarrasch

If you did not go through the page explaining the general rules for moving pieces, I recommend that you do so before continuing.

Moving Bishops

The bishop is a long-range piece: he can move one or several squares, forward or backward. He is moving on diagonals only. Thus, it means that the bishop will always move and capture on only one color on the chessboard which is the color of its starting square.

Capturing With Bishops

The bishop can capture the first enemy piece encountered on its path. Since the bishop cannot jump over other pieces, it is blocked when there is another piece (friend of foe) on its path.

In the diagram below, the white bishop can capture 2 pieces: the g7 pawn and the f2 knight. Note that the bishop cannot capture the pawn on a7, even if it is on its diagonal, since it is blocked by a friend pawn on c5.

Let's continue the lesson with the next page so we can learn how the knight moves.