french bishop
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The black light-squared bishop in main line of the French Defence, whose movement is restricted due to the pawns on e6 and d5.
Example Sentences
- "So Gary decides to open the French. Hmmm. Now that "bad French bishop" comes into the game."
- "As long as Black has the bad French bishop, White will be better in almost all endings."
- "First, there will be simple game fragments, where the bishop is not completely blocked – it can move, but White blithely "ignores" the French bishop."
Etymology
From the French Defence.