bishop - a bishop can move any number of squares "diagonally", meaning, if you pretend the bishop is in the middle of a big x, it can move to any square along the lines of the x. because of this, a bishop will be on the same colored squares for the whole game. at the start, a bishop is placed on the third from the left and third from the right of the row of pieces closest to each player. a bishop is worth 3 points.