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Bishop. Moves arbitrary number of unobstructed squares diagonally.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Carlos Martín wrote on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 11:54 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
The article says nothing about the Spanish name of the piece, and I think
it would be worth a bit of explanation about it:

The Spanish name for the Bishop is 'Alfil' (which means nothing but a
Bishop in Chess), and this could be misleading because there's a different
piece whose English name is also 'Alfil' (also called the 'Elephant',
jumps 2 squares diagonally and is found in ancient Chess variants).

The Spanish name for the English Alfil is 'Elefante' which I think needs
no translation :)