minor piece
noun Chess
A bishop or knight.Also important is the number of pawns on the board, especially when the minor piece is the knight....
- His two bishops are potentially very strong (and his dark-squared bishop already the best minor piece on the board), and white's g and e-pawns are targets.
- So Black gets a rook and pawn for the two minor pieces plus pressure on the e and f-files.
Origin
Early 19th century: named in contrast to the rook or queen.
- quarter-badge
- quarter ball
- quarter bell
- quarter bend
- quarter-bill
- quarter binding
- quarter block
- quarter-bloke
- quarter-blood
- quarter-board
- quarter boat
- quarter-book
- quarter boot
- quarter-bound
- quarter-boy
- quarter-bred
- quarter-breed
- quarter butt
- quarter calf
- quarter-cask
- quarter-caste
- quarter-chord
- quarter circle
- quarter-circular
- quarter cleft