A Bishop is stronger then a Knight !

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bobyyyy wrote:
A Bishop is stronger then a Knight !

That's correct except when the knight is stronger than the bishop. A good chessplayer knows this stuff and so is able to make the correct decisions when trading pieces. In general I prefer two bishops in the endgame which should win against bishop and knight especially when there are pawns on both sides of the board.

Some nitpicking: "A Bishop is stronger than a Knight." (use "than", not "then")

Correct.
I am going to America and go to those job-Movies'-coffee-automatics. 

royalbishop

Unless you have a diagram of the situation it is all theory and nothing more.

Each situation has its demands, strength and weakness.

If either one is not mobile then the advantage goes to the player that a mobile piece.

In the case of a Passed pawn on each side  things really get tough.

Add a Rook to each side and the game can either way.

nameno1had

From my medieval studies, I am rather certain knights required more strength than bishops to carry out their respective responsibilities....

royalbishop

Hard for me to stay neutral about this subject.

Every one of my opponents with a knight in their name has been slayed.

ponz111

This is just silly,  it really depends on the position which piece is stronger.

royalbishop

Well this would be more fun and better if we had players with Bishop and Knights in their username. The quality of the topic would improve.

nameno1had

too biased from game results and ratings.... besides, a name isn't an embodiment, just a label or something to aspire to.....

royalbishop

I get trash talk from players with knights in their name. They reference that the knight will defeat the Bishop in our game meaning i am going   down. Funny how i take them down with Bishops.

AndyClifton

As can bishop + knight (I liked it better when no one was taking the topic seriously).

trysts

OMG!!! You just revived a bishops or knights thread! What is the matter with you????????????CryYellLaughing

AndyClifton

Yikes!  All I can do is offer this as a token of my remorse:

brickbuster27

AndyClifton

(Or maybe I should spell that "tokin'".) Smile

AndyClifton

Hey, I only come on here every two weeks! (they all say "12 days ago").

waffllemaster

Yeah, 12 days isn't so bad.  That's a good pic though, I hope you're around when some doofus revives a 3 year old gg is arrogance thread.

AndyClifton

To say, "what is gg?"

trysts

Though the squirrel is very much appreciated in this thread, as well as the scary picture, but I just don't think either one is an excuse for a bishops or knights thread resurrection. It's like someone having a serious conversation about the real housewives of blah, blah, blah.Laughing 

AndyClifton

It was just intended as a peace offering (I realize that it can never make up for my enormous faux pas). Embarassed

netzach

Been thinking about this...

Reckon a ''Knight'' who has drunk ''Bovril'' is way stronger than Bishop with wishy/washy puritanical-posturing?

trysts
AndyClifton wrote:

It was just intended as a peace offering (I realize that it can never make up for my enormous faux pas). 

Laughing