Part II: Moving the Pieces (Bishop)

• The Bishop
  

The bishop can move up to 7 squares as long as in its diagonals.

For example, the white bishop, refers to the bishop standing on the white board, can move to diagonal white squares only, while the opposite, the black bishop, can move to diagonal black squares only.

Here's the example of white bishop and its movement. From the starting position on h1, white bishop can move to g2, f3, e4, d5, c6, b7 and a8

To capture an opponent's piece, move the bishop to opponent's piece and then take it, here's the example white player's bishop on h1 while the opponent's rook on a8. To capture the rook, just move the bishop to a8 and take the opponent's rook

Note that the piece that is about to be captured must be in the bishop's path. Given the bishop position on e4, which opponent's pieces that can be captured?

The answer is the pieces on d5, d3, f3 and f5

As the supporting pieces the bishop can be very powerful if both of them still exist on the board, as they can provide support from afar