Bishops Quote by Larry Evans

The knight is renowned for, among other things, its suitability as a blockader ... Because its strength lies in short-range operations it is not…

— Samuel Reshevsky

Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.

— James Thomson

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

— Samuel Johnson

To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the…

— Emanuel Lasker

Only a good bishop can be sacrificed, a bad bishop can only be lost.

— Yuri Razuvaev

Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop and knight,…

— Richard Reti

The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the value of the Bishop…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

If we are too friendly to nice, decent bishops, we run the risk of buying into the fiction that there's something virtuous about believing…

— Richard Dawkins

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.

— Brendan Behan

In blitz, the Knight is stronger than the Bishop

— Vlastimil Hort

I think that the Pope has trust in every bishop that is appointed.

— Blase J. Cupich