French bishop
English
edita | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | ||
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7 | 7 | ||||||||
6 | 6 | ||||||||
5 | 5 | ||||||||
4 | 4 | ||||||||
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a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h |
The position of the main-line French Defence, in which the bishop on c8 is the French bishop.
Etymology
editFrom the French Defence.
Proper noun
edit- (chess) The black light-squared bishop in main line of the French Defence, whose movement is restricted due to the pawns on e6 and d5.
- 2012, Karsten Mueller, Alex Markgraf, The Chess Puzzle Book 4, Russell Enterprises, →ISBN, page 48:
- As long as Black has the bad French bishop, White will be better in almost all endings.
- 2018, Sergey Kasparov, chapter 8, in The Bishop: Danger on the Diagonal, Russell Enterprises, →ISBN:
- First, there will be simple game fragments, where the bishop is not completely blocked – it can move, but White blithely "ignores" the French bishop.