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fou

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Also known as king's bishop, B, queen's bishop, Bishop, Bishop (chess)

pièce du jeu d'échecs

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A bishop is a chess piece that moves diagonally any number of squares across the board. It matters because controlling the diagonals with bishops is a key part of chess strategy and winning games.

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Within Vinony's link graph, fou is referenced by 717 other articles, and connects out to checkmate, French defence and Lewis chessmen.

It is catalogued under the topic Chess pieces.

Its subject is documented across 78 Wikipedia language editions.

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Subclass of
chess piece
Based on
Alfil
Sport
chess
Image
Chess piece - Black bishop.JPG
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Portable Game Notation
B
Commons category
Chess bishops
Unicode character
♝
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Le fou (♗, ♝) est une pièce du jeu d'échecs.

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