Hi there.
And this next year, I'm going to introduce you to the bishops, so the bishops are these guys, they
can move diagonally so we can move.
The bishops here say they move the king.
We can actually take the opponents corner.
It's not blocked in by the opponents pawns.
But say we moved here and it's check, by the way, they will have to do something about this check.
Let's check across the diagonal.
So say they move their king here.
We can't go like this.
We're blocked by our own pawns.
So bear that in mind.
And this bishop can't go over across his plot points and pull.
But.
All right, let's do another move.
Bishop back King there and we can go here, but it would be capturable by the pawn.
So they were generous.
This is just muck about position.
We can take their form.
And so we moved on from here.
We can't go over our own home.
We've kind of blocked our bishop from this side of the wall.
We can't go like that.
We would have to move this pawn fast.
So I hope you get the general just that they're going diagonally, the bishops and their long range
pieces of hands.
And you'll notice something that the bishop, unlike the rook, is confined to its own color.
So this bishop can never really go on down squares.
This bishop can never basically take this Pournelle.
It has to be this bishop.
So quite often having the so-called bishop power is very handy because with the bishop power, you've
got access to both colors.
This is why the book is generally considered more valuable.
It's more versatile in that your opponents targets could be in either on a square or a line square.
And if you've got a bishop sometimes because it's confined, the opponent can literally start putting
everything on the other color of your remaining bishop so you'll never be able to take anything, even
by accident, even have playing speed chess.
If they put everything on the other color and it's a good safety trick, you'll never be able to take
anything.
And some of that king, it's safer if it's on the other colors, like driving on the other side of the
road.
So generally with the bishops, the first world champion Belgium style is fourth.
It was an advantage to have the bishops and for good reason.
Generally, having the bishop pair is a desirable thing.
So you've still got access to both colors.
So, yeah, the bishops, they go diagonally and you can have great fun and their long range pieces,
they go over long range.
So that's very valuable.
And games be able to travel long distances.
Yeah.
So like this bishop could actually go all the way over here, over there.
So long range confined to its own color.
Sometimes it's an advantage having the bishop power.
Generally it's worth a little bit more in general in and games.
The Knights Knights afford to be worth about three points.
Bishops three point five.
Because of this long range nature, as we'll discover, as you'll discover, the Knights have to go
a bit more slow jumping across the board.
But the bishops long range on the diagonals.
So very, very interesting pace.
And you have to be careful sometimes that your pawn structure is kind of harmonious to your bishops.
You don't want all your pawns on line squares and your bishop to be stuck behind every single pawn you've
got.
That's a good strategy for your opponents sometimes to kind of block your bishop or, you know, make
it trapped within your own pawn chain.
But that's all I saw, a bit more advanced.
I just want you to know, though, at this stage, essentially, let's recap the bishops.
They move diagonally and you can put your opponent in check, say, you know, here we can put the opponent
in check by checking, cross that diagonal.
We can also go and capture the opponents pawns like this.
We're not blocked by the opponents.
Pawns were only blocked by our pawn.
So say here, we can't go across here.
We can't jump the lights.
And you're fine now, but we have to respect that.
We're blocked by our own pawn if we move up and then we kind of liberate that.
But we can go across here, for example.
So some points, the Baramidze bishops, fascinating creatures across the diagonals, they like drive
on a particular side of the road in a way.
So it's good to have the bishop as you can drive on both sides of the board in terms of color.
OK, so that gives a little bit of understanding about the bishops and.
There are limitations sometimes they can be blocked by your own pawns and they're great quite often
and games as long range pieces, and it's sometimes nice to have the bishop hair to complement each
other.
They look after each other, look over each other's backs.
OK, thanks very much.