Blitz Chess: Knights vs Bishops

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macer75

Here's a quote on blitz chess that I recently found:

"In blitz, the knight is stronger than the bishop." – Vlastimil Hort

I don't play blitz very often, and in regular chess I prefer bishops to knights, so I don't really understand this statement. Could someone explain to me why this is the case?

Scottrf

Their movement is harder to visualise, in blitz it's easy to leave yourself open to a knight fork.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1479789

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP11_65zJsc

Scottrf
macer75

Oic. Thanks for the explanation.