Colorbound

Colorbound is a fairy chess term. It describes pieces that can only ever visit squares of one color. In orthodox chess, the bishop is the only colorbound piece. Some colorbound fairy pieces are the ferz, camel, and kirin.

Chess pieces

Orthodox pieces	Rook Knight Bishop Queen King Pawn

Fairy pieces	Alfil Amazon Berolina Pawn Camel Dabbaba Empress Ferz Giraffe Grasshopper Kirin Mann Nightrider Phoenix Princess Threeleaper Tripper Wazir Zebra

Related articles	Chess set Hippogonal Diagonal Rank File Colorbound

Piece point values

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