Knight are overpowered when you place that in your opponent 6th rank (outpost)
Trading bishop for knight?
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Jan 11, 2022
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#24
RAU4ever wrote:
MindDestroyer19 wrote:
In close positions bishops sucks but in open positions, they are snipers .In some positions you can trade bishop for a knight if suppose your knight can get an center outpost square ,which is great ig cuz knights in the center are truly VENOMOUS .In the diagram which you showed i dont think its that bad to trade the bishop for the knight ,altho losing the bishop pair , i still dont hate black's position cuz after 1. Bxc3 ,bxc3 ,black can go for 2.d5 exd5 3.Nxd5 Be2 and white has two bishops and open "b" file ,i still dont like the fact that white's LSB is stuck inside not in a great condition and need to waste some move in order to develop it with something like g3,Bg2 which will take some time and black is just a move away from castling .So in this position ,i dont think that its so bad also .
In these kinds of position ,I like how nicely the knight is in the center .So it depends on the nature of the position
Sure, but of course black has a decent position after 5. ... Bxc3, 6. bxc3, d5; 7. exd5; Nxd5. White has already made 2 mistakes (d3 and a3). But after 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, Nc6; 3. Nc3, Nf6; 4. d3? black can already play 4. ... d5. This is even better than trading the bishop with 4. ... Bb4. And of course we're not going back after 4. ... Bb4; 5. a3. For example 5. ... Ba5, 6. b4, Bb6; 7. Bg5 is already better for white. So if black goes for 4. ... Bb4, it's only normal he's taking on c3, otherwise it'd be a waste of time. And of course after 5. a3, taking on c3 doesn't even cost black time, so black also gets an initiative in your position after 7. ... Nxd5, which will be quite annoying.
But in the context of taking this knight with our bishop, I'm pretty sure not many strong players would play 4. ... Bb4 after 4. d3, but would go 4. ... d5 and just keep their bishop.
I agree completely to this .If white had played Bb4 ,he will gonna take on c3 (mostly) and its not a bad position for black even after not having the bishop pair .
And yea ,we can keep the bishop pair or can exchange it with knight ,depending on the nature of the position .
Well, in that particular position of #1 it does not matter at all, as Black is a freaking piece up.
Maybe using another, more challenging example?
Jan 11, 2022
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#26
pfren wrote:
Well, in that particular position of #1 it does not matter at all, as Black is a freaking piece up.
Maybe using another, more challenging example?
Also, how did that Bishop could get lost? I guess it just vaporized.
Jan 11, 2022
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#27
Playing against bots with a 2000+ rating makes me realise I have to learn about the value of knights and especially two knights together.
Sred wrote:
Also, how did that Bishop could get lost? I guess it just vaporized.
I frankly don't know, but I'm not here to guess.
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i trade king for king
As for me Bishop is better then knight, because at the ehdshipl Bishop stronger then knight
Alpha_wolf2 wrote:
knights r good cuz they can fork pretty good
One game I forked knight and bishop several times with pawns.
Bishop+pawn > Knight+pawn
Apr 14, 2022
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#36
In open positions, bishops are much more powerful than knights as they can bore as far as they want, but only diagonally
I kind of suck with knights at this point, both my own and my opponents. So I am slightly more willing to let mine go, and to eliminate opponent knights whenever I can. It is something I will have to work on.
Keep bishops safe xd
I prefer to keep knights, but it doesn't make a difference.
Bishops are more powerful, but harder to use. Knights are less powerful but can be useful to capture powerful pieces with. ;)