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French bishop en · PROPN

Etymology

From the French Defence.

Meanings

  1. The black light-squared bishop in main line of the French Defence, whose movement is restricted due to the pawns on e6 and d5.
    • So Gary decides to open the French. Hmmm. Now that "bad French bishop" comes into the game. 1995 February 10, BradleeJ, rec.games.chess (Usenet):
    • As long as Black has the bad French bishop, White will be better in almost all endings. 2012, Karsten Mueller, Alex Markgraf, The Chess Puzzle Book 4, Russell Enterprises, →ISBN, page 48:
    • First, there will be simple game fragments, where the bishop is not completely blocked – it can move, but White blithely "ignores" the French bishop. 2018, Sergey Kasparov, chapter 8, in The Bishop: Danger on the Diagonal, Russell Enterprises, →ISBN: