Favorite piece - and why?

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SeanEdward
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DelayedResponse

I like the knight most.  Which other piece can attack 8 pieces at once?

SeanEdward
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TBentley
angrybirdstar wrote:

I like the knight most.  Which other piece can attack 8 pieces at once?

I can think of two. (Granted, all 8 probably cannot be safely captured in those cases.)

macer75
SeanEdward wrote:

Bishop

Pawn

Knight

Queen

King 

Rooks

in that order

If you switched up Pawn and Queen, that would be my order from favorite to least favorite.

cowbook

the knight is the greatest piece of all time

 

of all time.

macer75
cowbook wrote:

the knight is the greatest piece of all time

 

of all time.

- quote from Kanye West at the Chess Piece Awards, where the queen had just won the "Best Chess Video of the Year" award.