How bishops move and capture

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How bishops move and capture

1. Bishops can move diagonally on the same colured squares.

2. If a bishop moves to a square occupied by an opponent's piece, then that piece is captured and removed from the chessboard as part of the same move.

*See how bishops capture an opponent's piece.

(*Link courtesy Richard James @ ChessKids Academy)