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| May 20, 2021 at 14:33 | history | edited | postoronnim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 20, 2021 at 11:08 | comment | added | Rosie F | Good point. If Q & B are on opposite colours, they have the power of the 2 bishops, which are widely regarded as more powerful than B & N. As you say, they can command 2 adjacent diagonals. If Q & B are on the same colour, they can defend each other, which Q & N can't. Defended by a B on a line, the Q can move along that line, still defended; this is possible with Q & N but only to a limited extent. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 20:56 | history | answered | postoronnim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |