Illustrated Guide to the Chess Pieces

The Bishop

Notice that the bishop will always remain on squares of one color during a game. For example, the bishop in the diagram above will always stay on dark squares. At the beginning of a game, each player has both a light-squared bishop and a dark-squared bishop.

• The Rook
• Capturing
• The Bishop
• The Queen
• The King
• The Knight
• The Knight - Jumping
• The Pawn