noun

• A bishop or knight.

  ‘Also important is the number of pawns on the board, especially when the minor piece is the knight.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘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.’
  • ‘In particular, he focuses on pawn play and the minor pieces as well as the Exchange sacrifice.’
  • ‘These include pawn endgames with rook versus a minor piece and double rook endgames.’