I figured out how to visualise how the knight moves, I first seen this diagram in the book titled: Play Winning Chess by Yasser Seirawan:
Then I thought the way this is show looks like a mushroom outwards to the edges as per the following rough diagram I did:
Its the best way for me overall, not had any issues with the movement of this piece since I realised this and can visualise it easily now.
The knight always moves to a square of opposite color.
Imagine there are 'circles'. The first 'circle' of opposite colored squares is right next to where the knight already is. Then there is a second 'circle'. If you can see that circle you know the squares the knight can move to.
My name is Lauren Goodkind and I'm a chess teacher. I liked what the other people wrote here. If you haven't done already, maybe you can watch a video on how the knight moves. If you are still confused, I'll be happy to show you how the knight moves on Zoom.
I am all good now, I figured it out, the method I taught myself of a mushroom shape works well for my visualisation of it.
I just realised a mistake I made, its more like half a mushroom haha.
My way of learning it the first time went like
Two squares, then one perpendicular
or
One square, then two perpendicular
After many practices, I managed to get the hang of the "L-shaped" movement.
Of course, with pieces around the knight, the situation looks more complicated, but the same rule still applies.
My way of learning it the first time went like
Two squares, then one perpendicular
or
One square, then two perpendicular
After many practices, I managed to get the hang of the "L-shaped" movement.
Of course, with pieces around the knight, the situation looks more complicated, but the same rule still applies.
I mean do you actually have to move in the l shape? Is it against the rules?
My way of learning it the first time went like
Two squares, then one perpendicular
or
One square, then two perpendicular
After many practices, I managed to get the hang of the "L-shaped" movement.
Of course, with pieces around the knight, the situation looks more complicated, but the same rule still applies.
I mean do you actually have to move in the l shape? Is it against the rules?
yes you have to move in a L shape, but the L can be in different angles, or it can be flipped, and there are lots of answers and examples you can look at in the earlier posts...
My way of learning it the first time went like
Two squares, then one perpendicular
or
One square, then two perpendicular
After many practices, I managed to get the hang of the "L-shaped" movement.
Of course, with pieces around the knight, the situation looks more complicated, but the same rule still applies.
I mean do you actually have to move in the l shape? Is it against the rules?
yes you have to move in a L shape, but the L can be in different angles, or it can be flipped, and there are lots of answers and examples you can look at in the earlier posts...
In the book its diagonal not an l shape
Anyway any beginner advice on how to 'easily' remember how the knight moves would be much appericiated.
A Knight changes color each time it moves.
A Knight on a light square will always move to one of the eight closest non-adjacent dark squares, and a Knight on a dark square will always move to one of the eight closest non-adjacent light squares.
My way of learning it the first time went like
Two squares, then one perpendicular
or
One square, then two perpendicular
After many practices, I managed to get the hang of the "L-shaped" movement.
Of course, with pieces around the knight, the situation looks more complicated, but the same rule still applies.
I mean do you actually have to move in the l shape? Is it against the rules?
yes you have to move in a L shape, but the L can be in different angles, or it can be flipped, and there are lots of answers and examples you can look at in the earlier posts...
In the book its diagonal not an l shape
In my opinion, either the book is misleading or it might have more details what it means by "diagonal".
You should see an "L" shape of some orientation if actually you traced out the path of the knight from its origin square to its destination square.
The OP rejects the L concept and has learned a better way of visualization. Yassers diagram is nice. The Knight moves through a joining rank or file square then moves diagonally one square. None of the silly L shape business.
Knights don't move via any "shape". They move from point to point, not along lines. That's why they jump over things.
They move through- not over.
Pieces move vertically, horizontally or diagonally.
Or you can think of it as any square that is of the opposite colour to the knight's square and can be reached in two king moves, so long as it's not also a queen's move.
It is also visualized as “up one - diagonally one”. This approach is seen outside Western Countries.
Interesting. I have only lived in Western countries and only visualized the Knights moves in that way. Now that I started again the L shape for me is too difficult and I keep visualising much easier the 1 straight=horizontal/vertical (not "up" because the knight can also move one down 
) and 1 diagonal and somehow it reminds me always of the shape of the Horse head.
I have learning disabilities *snip*
Your profile says "Artificial Intelligence Post Graduate Student". Amazing.
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