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bishop

Summary

bishop is a chess term[1]. bishop ranks in the top 4% of chess_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,651 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • bishop's instance of is recorded as chess term[3].
  • bishop's based on is recorded as Alfil[4].
  • bishop is a type of long-range piece[5].
  • bishop is a type of minor piece[6].
  • bishop is a type of chess piece[7].
  • bishop's Commons category is recorded as Chess bishops[8].
  • bishop's Unicode character is recorded as ♗[9].
  • bishop's Unicode character is recorded as ♝[10].
  • bishop's sport is recorded as chess[11].
  • bishop's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/bishops[12].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as B[13].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Bishop[14].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Fou[15].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Laufer[16].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Alfiere[17].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Nebun[18].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Lähetti[19].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Löpare[20].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Rikis[21].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Goniec[22].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Bispo[23].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Lovac[24].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Läufer[25].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Fil[26].
  • bishop's different from is recorded as Leefer[27].

Body

Definition and Type

bishop's instance of is recorded as chess term[3]. Recorded subclass of include long-range piece[5], minor piece[6], and chess piece[7].

Influence

Things named for bishop include Bishop's Opening[28], a chess opening[29].

Why It Matters

bishop ranks in the top 4% of chess_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,651 views/month).[2] bishop has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] bishop is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for bishop include Bishop's Opening[28], a chess opening[29].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → chess piece
    Different from → B, Bishop, Fou +12
    Instance of → chess term
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546799605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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