French bishop

English tright rd nd bd qd kd bd nd rd pd pd pd pd pd pd pd pd pl pl pl pl pl pl pl pl rl nl bl ql kl bl nl rl The position of the main-line French Defence, in which the bishop on c8 is the French bishop. Etymology From the en French Defence. Proper noun en 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. en 10 February 1995 BradleeJ rec.games.chess https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess/c/sv6HXmKllZc/m/o0ChM31qtDIJ So Gary decides to open the French. Hmmm. Now that "bad French bishop" comes into the game. en The Chess Puzzle Book 4 Karsten Mueller Alex Markgraf 2012 9781936490530 Russell Enterprises As long as Black has the bad French bishop, White will be better in almost all endings. 48 en The Bishop: Danger on the Diagonal Sergey Russell Enterprises Kasparov 9780692035238 2018 8 First, there will be simple game fragments, where the bishop is not completely blocked – it can move, but White blithely "ignores" the French bishop.