The history of bishop in chess

In chess, a bishop is a piece that can go long diagonally. It has a long history, and today I will tell you about it in this short blog. In the early years of chess, instead of a bishop, we have a piece named "alfil", meaning "elephant", which could leap two squares along any diagonal and could jump over an intervening piece.

<Here is the Indian "elephant" piece>

After a long time, the bishop is sometimes replaced by a "camel" or "crocodile" piece in some variations and flags in some areas.

<Here is the "camel" piece>

Bishop and its current way of moving from around the 12th century in European chessboard, 1300–1325, describe how an emperor was predicted by a bishop. It might look odd for a bishop to appear in a battle simulation game and have pieces depicting warriors or royalty, but in reality, medieval bishops were often in the army.

<Here is the medieval "bishop" piece>

The bishop in today's shape emerged from the 1849 Staunton chess set. The deep groove of the chess piece represents the bishop's (or abbot's) hat. Some have written that the groove originates from the original form of the work, an elephant with the groove representing the elephant's tusks. The British apparently chose to call this piece bishop because the projections at the top resemble a helmet. This groove is interpreted differently in different countries