In many symmetrical, closed positions, knights tend to be more effective than bishops because their mobility isn’t as compromised by locked pawn chains.
Do symmetrical pawn structures favor knights over bishops? Why?
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In this position (assuming I added it correctly) an opening book by Larry Kaufman says: "Black is better. The outposted knight is clearly worth more than the slightly bad bishop. The symmetric pawn structure also favors knights over bishops."
I don't recall ever hearing before that symmetrical pawn structures favor knights. Would anyone care to verify/disconfirm, or explain why this is/isn't so?