WEBVTT 00:01.290 --> 00:01.930 Hi there. 00:02.460 --> 00:08.880 And this next year, I'm going to introduce you to the bishops, so the bishops are these guys, they 00:08.880 --> 00:12.270 can move diagonally so we can move. 00:12.270 --> 00:15.000 The bishops here say they move the king. 00:15.000 --> 00:18.120 We can actually take the opponents corner. 00:18.690 --> 00:21.180 It's not blocked in by the opponents pawns. 00:21.180 --> 00:26.640 But say we moved here and it's check, by the way, they will have to do something about this check. 00:27.490 --> 00:28.980 Let's check across the diagonal. 00:29.550 --> 00:32.130 So say they move their king here. 00:32.850 --> 00:34.290 We can't go like this. 00:34.290 --> 00:35.940 We're blocked by our own pawns. 00:37.410 --> 00:38.370 So bear that in mind. 00:38.370 --> 00:42.300 And this bishop can't go over across his plot points and pull. 00:43.800 --> 00:44.220 But. 00:45.150 --> 00:46.530 All right, let's do another move. 00:46.950 --> 00:53.700 Bishop back King there and we can go here, but it would be capturable by the pawn. 00:53.970 --> 00:55.200 So they were generous. 00:55.200 --> 00:56.610 This is just muck about position. 00:56.880 --> 00:58.170 We can take their form. 00:59.670 --> 01:01.200 And so we moved on from here. 01:01.200 --> 01:03.220 We can't go over our own home. 01:03.240 --> 01:05.600 We've kind of blocked our bishop from this side of the wall. 01:05.610 --> 01:06.510 We can't go like that. 01:06.510 --> 01:08.790 We would have to move this pawn fast. 01:09.870 --> 01:16.470 So I hope you get the general just that they're going diagonally, the bishops and their long range 01:16.470 --> 01:17.700 pieces of hands. 01:18.240 --> 01:23.160 And you'll notice something that the bishop, unlike the rook, is confined to its own color. 01:24.450 --> 01:27.270 So this bishop can never really go on down squares. 01:27.270 --> 01:31.170 This bishop can never basically take this Pournelle. 01:31.500 --> 01:33.390 It has to be this bishop. 01:33.930 --> 01:39.930 So quite often having the so-called bishop power is very handy because with the bishop power, you've 01:39.930 --> 01:41.370 got access to both colors. 01:41.940 --> 01:44.640 This is why the book is generally considered more valuable. 01:44.640 --> 01:51.180 It's more versatile in that your opponents targets could be in either on a square or a line square. 01:51.660 --> 01:56.760 And if you've got a bishop sometimes because it's confined, the opponent can literally start putting 01:56.760 --> 02:02.550 everything on the other color of your remaining bishop so you'll never be able to take anything, even 02:02.550 --> 02:05.010 by accident, even have playing speed chess. 02:05.610 --> 02:10.590 If they put everything on the other color and it's a good safety trick, you'll never be able to take 02:10.590 --> 02:11.040 anything. 02:11.520 --> 02:15.660 And some of that king, it's safer if it's on the other colors, like driving on the other side of the 02:15.660 --> 02:15.990 road. 02:16.380 --> 02:22.830 So generally with the bishops, the first world champion Belgium style is fourth. 02:22.830 --> 02:25.410 It was an advantage to have the bishops and for good reason. 02:25.740 --> 02:29.460 Generally, having the bishop pair is a desirable thing. 02:29.730 --> 02:32.550 So you've still got access to both colors. 02:34.170 --> 02:42.300 So, yeah, the bishops, they go diagonally and you can have great fun and their long range pieces, 02:42.510 --> 02:43.740 they go over long range. 02:45.030 --> 02:46.290 So that's very valuable. 02:46.310 --> 02:48.900 And games be able to travel long distances. 02:49.620 --> 02:50.040 Yeah. 02:51.030 --> 02:55.770 So like this bishop could actually go all the way over here, over there. 02:56.610 --> 03:00.660 So long range confined to its own color. 03:00.660 --> 03:04.400 Sometimes it's an advantage having the bishop power. 03:05.160 --> 03:08.880 Generally it's worth a little bit more in general in and games. 03:08.880 --> 03:12.090 The Knights Knights afford to be worth about three points. 03:12.480 --> 03:13.710 Bishops three point five. 03:13.710 --> 03:19.620 Because of this long range nature, as we'll discover, as you'll discover, the Knights have to go 03:19.620 --> 03:22.020 a bit more slow jumping across the board. 03:22.020 --> 03:24.780 But the bishops long range on the diagonals. 03:25.470 --> 03:27.030 So very, very interesting pace. 03:28.440 --> 03:35.610 And you have to be careful sometimes that your pawn structure is kind of harmonious to your bishops. 03:36.180 --> 03:40.890 You don't want all your pawns on line squares and your bishop to be stuck behind every single pawn you've 03:40.890 --> 03:41.220 got. 03:41.730 --> 03:47.250 That's a good strategy for your opponents sometimes to kind of block your bishop or, you know, make 03:47.250 --> 03:49.290 it trapped within your own pawn chain. 03:49.830 --> 03:52.170 But that's all I saw, a bit more advanced. 03:52.470 --> 03:58.820 I just want you to know, though, at this stage, essentially, let's recap the bishops. 03:58.860 --> 04:09.030 They move diagonally and you can put your opponent in check, say, you know, here we can put the opponent 04:09.030 --> 04:11.730 in check by checking, cross that diagonal. 04:12.690 --> 04:16.020 We can also go and capture the opponents pawns like this. 04:16.020 --> 04:18.030 We're not blocked by the opponents. 04:18.030 --> 04:20.670 Pawns were only blocked by our pawn. 04:20.670 --> 04:23.250 So say here, we can't go across here. 04:23.250 --> 04:24.750 We can't jump the lights. 04:25.170 --> 04:28.230 And you're fine now, but we have to respect that. 04:28.230 --> 04:33.120 We're blocked by our own pawn if we move up and then we kind of liberate that. 04:33.120 --> 04:35.190 But we can go across here, for example. 04:35.820 --> 04:44.100 So some points, the Baramidze bishops, fascinating creatures across the diagonals, they like drive 04:44.100 --> 04:45.900 on a particular side of the road in a way. 04:46.050 --> 04:52.110 So it's good to have the bishop as you can drive on both sides of the board in terms of color. 04:52.770 --> 04:59.550 OK, so that gives a little bit of understanding about the bishops and. 05:00.500 --> 05:05.880 There are limitations sometimes they can be blocked by your own pawns and they're great quite often 05:05.930 --> 05:11.420 and games as long range pieces, and it's sometimes nice to have the bishop hair to complement each 05:11.420 --> 05:11.680 other. 05:11.690 --> 05:14.810 They look after each other, look over each other's backs. 05:14.960 --> 05:17.120 OK, thanks very much.