Your army also has two bishops, which work best as a team.
They do the opposite to the rooks...so they can only move in diagonals but NOT sideways or backwards or forwards! Again, they can move any number of squares (so long as no piece is in their way).
Like before, if they choose to kill a piece and take its place, its go has ended.
The bishops are often not seen coming by an opponent as they do seem to come out of nowhere (diagonals are not the most obvious pattern on a chess board). This is in stark contrast to a castle who is very obvious in the way it can move! So use them to their strengths - castles to protect and fear off pieces, and bishops to sneak up on an opponent like an assassin!
PRACTICE: 1) using your two bishops and King only, try to kill your enemy who has only a King...and then swap round 2) then using your two bishops and King only, try to kill your enemy of equal size. 3) Then using your two bishops and King only, try to kill your enemy who has two rooks and a King only - and then swap round. 4) Now using your two bishops and two rooks and a King, match your enemy of equal size. 5) Now using your two bishops, two rooks, Queen and King - match an enemy of equal size.
(use 'scatter starts')
The bishops are often not seen coming by an opponent as they do seem to come out of nowhere (diagonals are not the most obvious pattern on a chess board). This is in stark contrast to a castle who is very obvious in the way it can move! So use them to their strengths - castles to protect and fear off pieces, and bishops to sneak up on an opponent like an assassin!
PRACTICE: 1) using your two bishops and King only, try to kill your enemy who has only a King...and then swap round 2) then using your two bishops and King only, try to kill your enemy of equal size. 3) Then using your two bishops and King only, try to kill your enemy who has two rooks and a King only - and then swap round. 4) Now using your two bishops and two rooks and a King, match your enemy of equal size. 5) Now using your two bishops, two rooks, Queen and King - match an enemy of equal size.
(use 'scatter starts')
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