What is Raking Bishops?

Raking Bishops refers to a setup in chess where a player's two bishops are positioned to control or threaten a large number of squares and often both the king-side and queen-side of the board. This typically occurs when bishops are placed on long, open diagonals, giving them a wide range of unobstructed movement and enabling them to exert pressure on multiple areas of the board simultaneously. The term raking is used to evoke the image of the bishops sweeping across the board like a rake.