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better to have Knights in Blitz games?


  • 3 years ago · Quote · #1

    Saccadic

    So I'm pretty comfortable with my knowledge about knights and bishops material values. Knights are better for closed positions, bishops for open positions. A pair of bishops is worth more in particular (some say approx +0.5 points).

    However, I was just watching an annotated Blitz Armageddon game by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk where she claims the following: "Antoaneta has the two bishops advantage. My knights have a lot of good squares ... and as we know in a blitz game its better to have knights... because its easier to play with them." Watch @ 4:30

    Most of the games I play are blitz, though I have never really heard this before. Is it a known fact that knights are somewhat more advantageous in Blitz because of their ease of use?

    -- Saccadic

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #2

    savy_swede

    I would say knights are better in blitz. Your opponent is less able to keep track of the knight's movement possibilties. A bishop's territory of control is more easily recognized so calculateing the moves of an opponent with bishops would be faster and advantageous in fast time controls. 

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #3

    ty4playing

    The Savy Swede has expressed my exact thoughts.

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #4

    rollingpawns

    Too many knight forks in blitz ...

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #5

    rich

    Bishops are 3.20 a Knight is 3 exactly so Bishops are better.

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #6

    Saccadic

    rich wrote:

    Bishops are 3.20 a Knight is 3 exactly so Bishops are better.


    I'm talking about Blitz, sir.

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #7

    rich

    In most positions a bishop will be slightly better than a knight. But Knights can be good in closed games.

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #9

    rich

    Not really, I have played blitz before now.

  • 3 years ago · Quote · #11

    rich

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  • 3 years ago · Quote · #12

    Stevie_G

    Knights have the advantage in blitz play, as long as you can use them to their potental quickly.


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