It is a fun topic, but it was even more fun last week. 
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/which-direction-should-the-knights-face-on-a-chess-board
How Do You Orient Your Knights?
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Jan 9, 2015
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#3
My Bad!!!
I guess I need to start reading other forums on here other than this one.
Don't worry, there is a "who was the best player ever" topic popping up just about once a week.
"Why it was a draw if my opponent ran out of time (against my bare king)" once an hour.
Didn't mean to make you feel bad, honest. I just thought you might be a little dissapointed if no one posted and you were left wondering why.
Jan 9, 2015
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#7
Thanks.
It is interesting that in the couple of threads on the subject, very little has been posted on how players really prefer to orient their Knights or have no preference whatsoever.
Sure, the one thread is about World Champions and how they seem to prefer their setups. But, the one that you link to has more talk about the names of the pieces and other fluff than how they prefer their Knights.
I know that it really doesn't matter. I guess I just put mine in a way that is easy to see and easy to grip. Oh yeah, I guess I also want my really nice Knights to intimidate my opponent's pieces...
Isn't/wasn't Karpov fussy about this?
FWIW (which is very little), I like to face my knights slightly inward - i.e. QN to right, KN to left if I am white.
Pulpofeira because it's a board game with a clock, not a clockgame with a board.
Actually I know the rules, tell it to people who start a thread complaining about it every day, that's what I was spotting.
Left N to the right and right N to the left. 
Both of my knights I always face to my left.
MSC157 wrote:
Left N to the right and right N to the left.
+1.
When a chess board is properly set up all four Knights should face each other. I.E. face on. After the Knights move, you can place them any way you wish.
Jan 10, 2015
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#15
9kick9 wrote:
When a chess board is properly set up all four Knights should face each other. I.E. face on. After the Knights move, you can place them any way you wish.
Are you citing a reference on this or is this your thought on the matter?
9kick9 wrote:
When a chess board is properly set up all four Knights should face each other. I.E. face on. After the Knights move, you can place them any way you wish.
This is incomprehensible
Eyechess wrote:
9kick9 wrote:
When a chess board is properly set up all four Knights should face each other. I.E. face on. After the Knights move, you can place them any way you wish.
Are you citing a reference on this or is this your thought on the matter?
The Knights are set up this way in World Championship pics I have seen.All four Knights were faceing each other across the board. Other than this I guess it really dosn't matter.
Jan 11, 2015
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#18
A knight is a person. The piece you're speaking of, I believe, is a horse. Thus, it should be called, Horsey.
Jan 11, 2015
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#20
I always orientate them to the East! (it has a symbolical value, cf.: http://www.amazon.com/The-Journey-East-Hermann-Hesse/dp/1891396889)
Here's a fun topic:
How do you orient your Knights on your side when you are playing a Chess Game?
I personally like to angle the Knights to face the center, vertical line of the board. This way they are easily seen as Knights which would be harder when they are facing forward. They are also easily grasped for play. And they are symmetrical.
What do you folks do?