Bishops
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RedChessBishop
Nov 21, 2023
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#1
Is the Bishop the best piece or is it just useless? Idk cuz I like it and it’s useful for checkmating and pairing with the queen for most openings go create checkmate. So um, yeah just tell me here
Nov 21, 2023
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#2
The bishop is worth three points, therefore it is not the best piece. However it is not useless either
the bishop pair can be decisive!
I almost always will trade a knight for a bishop.
bishops have a much greater ability to stop pawns in a endgame as opposed to a knight.
I have never once heard a grandmaster say " I'm only down a bishop."
Bishops move infinitely diagonally, and are worth 3 points.
Rooks move infinitely horizontally or vertically. Mirroring the bishop, and its worth 5 points.
The math doesn't add up
Unprofessional121212 wrote:
Bishops move infinitely diagonally, and are worth 3 points.
Rooks move infinitely horizontally or vertically. Mirroring the bishop, and its worth 5 points.
The math doesn't add up
a single bishop can only control one color of squares.
a single rook can control both color of squares.
at best a single bishop can only patrol 15 squares and the amount decreases as it moves to the edge of the board.
a single rook patrols 16 squares from every square on the board.
the math adds up.
Unprofessional121212 wrote:
Bishops move infinitely diagonally, and are worth 3 points.
Rooks move infinitely horizontally or vertically. Mirroring the bishop, and its worth 5 points.
The math doesn't add up
Geometrically rooks are much more powerful than bishops
Here's an easy reason as to why rooks are worth more: You can mate with K+R but not K+B