Which is better. A knight or a bishop? Please let us discuss it her in this forum topic. Thank you.

This question has been discussed multiple times in the forums. 

From Larry Kaufman:

OK, what did I discover? Let's start with the age-old question of bishop vs. knight. The conclusions are clear and consistent: although the average value of a bishop is noticeably higher than the average value value of a knight, this difference is entirely due to the large value of the bishop pair. In other words, an unpaired bishop and knight are of equal value (within 1/50 of a pawn, statistically meaningless), so positional considerations (such as open or closed position, good or bad bishop, etc.) will decide which piece is better.

yeah that dood's wrong teh knight is bettor

The bishop is valued higher by a pro player and the knight is valued higher by a beginner alltought the bishop is better in a open position and knight is better in a closed position it easy to turn a closed positon into an open but you can make a open game back to closed game ( well it hard and pro wont let you ) and a bishop has alot more mobility but the horse has movement that rookie might not see. Since his not use to it, Bishop = good for pro. Knight = good for rookie.

I can see what you're saying, but I wouldn't agree with that generalization.  It depends what openings you use and how you develop your middle game.  Not all "rookies" value the knight in this process.  Most rookies I think actually only value the knight as a setup piece in the opening to take early control of the middle and maybe flout some opposing plans (fork a rook, etc.).  The reason bishop is typically better than knight overall is because a knight can land fork moves that presumably a better player would not fall for, while a bishop can pin pieces to the king, queen, or other pieces depending on the play, and even the best players will get skewered or pinned now and again.

I'm sick of this debate, and I still spent 15 sec. to write this note.  This has been written by many.... check it out??

depends.

knights are better in crowded positions, bishops are better in open positions

Queens are better.

An extensive evaluation (by Larry Kaufman) that gives some insight into the complexity and subjectivity of the question posed:

http://home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Articles/evaluation_of_material_imbalance.htm

I think knights are better in all positions.

I agree with most of the thousands of replies to this question at this site...