- CHESMAYNE
Marino-1 “Have I Told U Lately”
Bishop
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01 See Major
Pieces. Ecclesiastical office,
pastor, presbyter, overseer, supervising minister. Barbara Harris was the first female appointed BS of a Massachusetts
Episcopal Church in 1989. The BS has
its origins in the Indian Elephant. In 798 Harun al-Raschid, the Caliph of
Baghdad, sent ambassadors and a gift of a white elephant to Charlemagne
(Carolus Magnus, Charles the Great).
As members of the clergy they enjoy certain civil rights such as the
right to conduct weddings, immunity from jury service and even the benefit of
certain charges on land (tithes).
They bear the title ‘Your Eminence’ and in recognition of this fact many kiss the jeweled ring that is
placed on their right hand as an indication of their office.
An official inscription, part of a royal decree exempting the priests of
Sneferu in Egypt from paying taxes was issued in the reign of KI Pepi-I of the
6th Dynasty. The Catholic
Church has 4,500+ BSs + VCs.
Prelate. Vaik: of a benefice,
office or position: to become or fall vacant.
Bishops. From the ‘Charlemagne’ pieces. Ivory.
Italy - end of the 11th Century. Paris Cabinet des médailles.
02 Illtyd: 6th
century Abbot of Llanwit Major and the most learned Briton of his day. His disciples demanded the old druidic right
to exemption from taxes.
03 Elder (Old
Testament): hereditary
head of a household - an office which depended on respect rather than statutory
authority. In Moses’ day, elders were chosen
by himself and he established government by aristocracy. Later they
formed the Sanhedrin. The Church of England has 50+
BSs.
04 New Testament: Elder,
Bishop, Presbyter (interchangeable terms).
In the 2nd century orders emerged.
Elders are mentioned in the book of Revelation. Bible: hippopotamus (Job).
05 Ganesha is the elephant-headed god of Hinduism and means ‘Lord of hosts’
(gana) and is revered as the remover of obstacles, the Lord of beginnings, and the Lord of learning who broke off
his tusk to write down the epic Mahabharata. Ganesha has
two wives ‘achievement’ and ‘intelligence’.
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Bishop. Scandinavian. End of the 12th Century. Walrus ivory. London
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06 The word ‘copt’ comes from
the Greek word ‘Aigyptos’ and means Egypt.
The Coptic church has its own patriarch (BS/Pope).
Below: this time A-BS on
cell/square F02 is defending A-QU on cell B06. This is ++CM. Don’t be nervous of bringing your QU near
to the enemy KI. Just make sure your
move is safe before you implement it on the chessboard.
07 On Level-1 each player starts the game with BS1 and BS2 (a dark and light BS). Because
a BS moves diagonally they stay on either the light (XL) or dark (XD) cells throughout the game. They are powerful attacking MPs when they are not blocked in, so you will find it
useful to bring them out early. They
are sometimes referred to as the ‘Bishop-pair’ (the others being the KT-pair and the RO-pair). The
two BSs working in tandem can dominate the whole chessboard and to your
advantage to keep them on the board until you are well into a game of
chess. Avoid trapping your BSs behind mps that have become fixed in their positions. A BS that works well with the mps (PAs, GUs etc) is called a ‘good-BS’. A BS that is trapped by PAs (lacking mobility) is called a ‘bad-BS’. Placed at the center of a clear board the BS commands 13 cells (D-Array).
Bishop
symbols/syntax
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bd-BS |
Bad Bishop |
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rk-BSs |
Raking Bishops |
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ds-BS |
Double Bishop Sacrifice |
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pr-BS |
Protected Bishop |
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[Event "bad bishops"][Site "-"][Date
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[Event "Two Bishops?"][Site ""][Date
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Bishop
Sacrifice
Place the MPs/mps on the board as follows:
Above: traditional figurine graphics
The XY notation is used on the left
(below). The Chesmayne acentric notation is indicated on the right (below).
01A BS2-D03*H07-PA1+CH - BS2-B02*D14-PA1+CH
01B KI-G08*H07-BS2 -
KI-D16*D14-BS2
02A KT2-F03/G05+CH -
KT2-B04/C09+CH
02B KI-H07/H06 - KI-D14/D13
03A QU1-D01/G04 -
QU1-D04/C08
03B RO1-F08/H08 - RO1-D17/D15
04A KT2-G05/E06-PA5+DC -
KT2-C09*B08-PA5+DC
04B KI-H06/H07 - KI-D13/D14
05A QU1-G04*G07-PA2++CM -
QU1-C08*C11-PA2++CM
05B ++WN for :A
++LS for :B
Set-up the board and play through the moves as shown above. Notice in the above example on move 04A
that A-BS1 gives +DC (discovered) to B-KI.
The BS may
move any number of cells diagonally.
Move and capture
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The BS can move any number of cells in a diagonal direction and within cells of the same colour. A player starts a game with two Bishops, BS1 and BS2. |
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BSs cannot move horizontally or vertically as shown with red marks. Players should have two Bishops: BS1 and BS2, one for the light cells (XL) and one for the dark cells (XD). |
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The BS is blocked by a friendly piece, a RO. Here the BS cannot move to a cell occupied by the RO nor the cells that lie beyond: A08 and B07. |
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The BS can capture the KT by removing him from the board and placing itself on the cell G02 but the BS cannot move to cell H01 (red mark). |
‘It was a blonde. A blonde to make a BS kick a hole in a
stained glass window’. (Farewell,
My Lovely, 1940).
Actress: Charlize Theron
08 In India a white elephant is a royal symbol (KI of the forest animals).
Ganesha is one of the most popular gods in India - the god of scribes
who is invoked at the beginning of books - god of journeys, enterprises, wedding negotiations,
practical wisdom, god of the sciences and skills, writing, and remover of
obstacles. In antiquity people
regarded the elephant as the wisest of all the animals because they live the
longest - their huge size indicating their noble birth.
09 Bishop - symbol: BS1 and
BS2.
10 MP which
moves along the diagonals. On Level-1 two of these MPs are used and are placed on $C01
and $F01.
11 The BSs have their origin in
the Persian ‘al-fil’
(elephant) which was allowed to jump over one cell. See Vaunt Courier, VC (the jumping BS).
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Bishop. Scandinavian. Walrus tusk. Early 13th Century. The eye-holes would have contained precious stones. Copenhagen, National museum. |
12 Chaturanga: ‘Hasti’ moves diagonally, jumping over the adjacent
cell to the next cell.
13 Episcopus - Greek: Episcopos,
an overseer, religious or political.
14 Hatto: BS of
Mainz. Noted for his oppression of the
poor. During a famine he assembled the
poor in a barn and burnt them to death, saying: “They are like mice, only good
to devour the corn”. He retired to a
tower on the Rhine to escape the plague, but the mice followed him in their
thousands and devoured him.
15 ‘Do you know the BS of Norwich?’ The BS of Norwich was said to be such a
persistent talker that he sometimes forgot to pass the port.
Alligator
16 BSs are humorously/derisively called ‘magpies’ because they wear black and white vestments.
“Crocodiles in the sewers”. In
the East a bird of joy and good fortune. The BS is
known by different names in differing countries:
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Game Name |
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English Monogram |
Bishop - BS |
Chess – Chesmayne |
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French |
Fou |
Les echecs |
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German |
Laufer |
Schachspiel |
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Italian |
Alfiere |
Gli scacchi |
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Spanish |
Alfil |
Ajedrez |
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Portuguese |
Bispo |
Xadrez |
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Russian |
Slon |
IIIaxmatbl |
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Arabic |
Fil |
Ash-shatranj |
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Latin |
Episcopus |
Scaci |
Balloon Glow: Artist: Nicky Boehme. Pieces:
1500. Size: 24” x 33”.
17 This MP moves on the diagonal cells of the board. Symbol = BS. Historically the BS was the ‘elephant’ of Indian chess, but during the 15th century assumed
the present diagonal movement. There
is one BS for the XL cells (light) and one BS for the XD
cells (dark). It often happens during a game that one side will have a dark coloured BS and the
other side a light coloured BS. In this
case the BSs of opposite colour are unable to come into contact with each
other. It is also known as a ‘vector
MP’ or ‘line MP’. On an empty 8
x 8 board the BS controls
from 7 to 13 cells depending on the cell position. The BSs on $C01 and $C08 are sometimes referred to as QUs-BSs
and the other two on $F01 and $F08 as KIs-BSs (ISP). A BS captures diagonally, either forward or backwards and the range
extends on unobstructed cells to the extent of the diagonal line of cells on
which the BS travels. If you have many
PAs toward the conclusion of the game then try to capture your opponent’s BSs, because they
can impede the progress of your PAs more easily than KTs or ROs. If you have
many PAs at the end of a game and your opponent has a BS then try to move your
PAs to cells of a different colour to the diagonal that this BS operates
on. Having BS1 and BS2 at the end of
the game is preferable to having KT1 and KT2.
The BS is long-striding. The KT
is short-winded. The weakness of a BS
is in the defencelessness of the cells of opposite colour, its main strength in
its long-striding ability. BS1 and BS2
fortify each other and can rake two neighbouring diagonals (raking BSs). :rk-BSs. When
attacking the KIs position they are known as ‘Horwitz BSs’.
How
the BS moves
BS
fork
18 In the descriptive
notation they have the
symbols QB and KB. The two BSs together
are valued at more than double the value of one BS. A BS is often compared in valuation terms with the KT.
19 The Muslim ‘Fil’ with its two protuberances symbolized the elephant from which this MP
obtained its name. This was seen as a
BSs mitre in Europe and a recognition of the status of the church of the
period.
20 In Mongolia and Tibet the BS is called a ‘camel’.
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Mate Using
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There are
two types of working in
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