bad bishop

English

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

White has a bad bishop; Black has a good bishop (Evans,1967:66).

Noun

bad bishop (plural bad bishops)

1. (chess) A bishop that is blocked by the player's own pawns.

Synonyms

• tall pawn

Antonyms

• good bishop