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bishop

chess piece
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Summary

bishop is a chess term[1]. bishop ranks in the top 4% of chess term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,026 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Based on: Alfil[3]
  • Subclass of: long-range piece[4], minor piece[5], chess piece[6]
  • Commons category: Chess bishops[7]
  • Unicode character: ♗[8], ♝[9]
  • Sport: chess[10]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/bishops[11]
  • Different from: B[12], Bishop[13], Fou[14], Laufer[15], Alfiere[16], Nebun[17], Lähetti[18], Löpare[19], Rikis[20], Goniec[21], Bispo[22], Lovac[23], Läufer[24], Fil[25]
  • Portable Game Notation: B[26]
  • Model item: white bishop[27], black bishop[28]

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Influence

Things named for bishop include Bishop's Opening[29], a chess opening[30].

Why It Matters

bishop has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] bishop is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for bishop include Bishop's Opening[29], a chess opening[30].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → chess piece
    Different from → B, Bishop, Fou +12
    Instance of → chess term
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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