Well, in e4 games the King's Knight is better than the King's Bishop, but worse than the Queen's Bishop, which is slightly better than the Queen's Knight, unless you are playing Black, when the Queen's Knight is better. In d4 openings, it's the other way around, unless you castle opposite sides, when it's vice versa, and you should always sac your Rook for your opponent's King's Knight, but not if he plays a gambit.
Bishop or Knight?
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It's called a HORSE, for god sake
LIttle horsey guys or little pointy-headed guys?
At the ending moves of the game, if your opponent has only one Bishop, then try to keep your important pieces on squares of a diferent color than the Bishop´s, so you sort of ban it.. So I have preference for the Knights (Horses in other languagues)
Depends on the opening
Are you sure it is not called a stag?
Ehh... I made my opening comment based on the endgame remark. Try to understand the joke that is made in front of your eyes before becoming angry! :p
I use my stag effectively in the opening. The deacon is overrated. Chariots on the other hand are clearly the best overall. The Ferz is delicate, but effective in the middlegame. But in the endgame, the Silver Sergent prevails.
What about a pinto?
My favourite piece is the Conquistador, I can always use it for unsound sacs.
tabor wrote:
At the ending moves of the game, if your opponent has only one Bishop, then try to keep your important pieces on squares of a diferent color than the Bishop´s, so you sort of ban it.. So I have preference for the Knights (Horses in other languagues)
Yeah, i am agree with that. But you cant have every single chip on the opposite color every time, and the horse cover smaller rooms than the bishop, so its clear that the bishop is better in end of games. But the horse can do things none of the other players can, so I prefer the horse in narrow situations and parties with few changes.
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Hey
I have a question:
Whats best of knight or Bishop. Everybady says that they are equally good. In my opinion i think the bishop is best. In the end of the game, it can cover a lot off space, something the knight can't.
What do you think?