knight move

Does the knight move 1 step like a rook and 1 step diagonally forward, or does it move 2 steps like a rook and 1 orthogonally in regards to the 2 previous steps?

It amounts to the same thing, doesn't it?

exactly! :-)

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I have always thought of knight moves as small L's. Two forward then one to the right or left. Say a starting knight can move to A3 or to C3 starting at B1. 

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I also always thought of them as small L's and actually, also chess.com draws them as L's. But it's also possible to imagine them as 1 step forward ahead and 1 diagonally ahead. Maybe the official move is as an L.

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Wow, I never thought someone would visualize the knight as one forward, one diagonal, but it seems like the same thing as the "little l" method that most people use. 

There has to be an advantage to thinking this way, though, since takes less time. 

Personally, I visualize the "flower" that comes out of the knight and use that to move. It's helpful since I can quickly visualize the same flower to see if I hung my pieces for a knight fork, or to make sure I'm a knights move away for some calculations. 

No , they not the same

Exactly

The little L is okay I look for that "Flower", as I became more experienced and see if anything is in the target zones etc. That takes time though, I'm really liking the one forward, one diagonal idea.

It seems to simplify learning how the knights do maneuver. Clever! I love all the different thought processes. 

The knight can reach exactly the squares that a queen in the same position cannot (within a range of two squares).

That's another cool visual perception. Knights always will move to the opposite color too.. They're very unique. 

The little issue with the diagonal visualization is that you don't visualize the flower, it's just a single move.

...Learned that the rough way. Use knights the best way they make sense to you.