KNIGHTS OR BISHOPS

I personally like knights a little more than bishops. (I would make knights worth 3.1 and bihops worth 3 )  In general, which one do you think is better?

If bishops weren't better, wouldn't the Ruy Lopez Exchange just be a lot better for white?

i'm just talking about in general

not just in openings.

definetly bishops, especially 2 bishops vs. 2 knihgts because of the bishop pair

bishops all day

well yes, but i like knights because of how tricky they are. good with tactics and also they are monsters when they are on the 6th rank and protected. they can be better than rooks at those times.

but i do like bishops too, especially they can be pretty annoying for long ranged attacks

Knights in bullet, bishops elsewhere.

A bishop and a knight against a rook and three pawns in front of his king, thats a very nice setup!

also knights are kind of hard to make useless, bishops however, can be trapped by the same colored pawns.

Until I see the position, this is an unanswerable question.

It is an absolute disgrace for anybody to think that any one piece is better than any other from a general basis.

There are positions where I'd rather have the Bishop (or Bishops) over the Knight (or Knights).  There are positions where I'd rather have the Knight (or Knights) over the Bishop (or Bishops).

There are even positions I'd take a Knight or Bishop over a Rook!

Until a specific position is given, anybody with any chess intelligence at all would give ZERO PREFRENCE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL CHESS PIECE OVER ANOTHER (except maybe the King).

yes

most people do have some preference to indvidual chess pieces, they (the chess pieces) are all unique and have their + and -. some people migiht like bishops over knights, queens over rooks etc... why are you saying those people don't have chess intelligence??

Except from where they aren't dim on the rim of course...Ruy Lopez Main Line, Flohr Variation of the Caro Kann, some King's Gambit lines...

The objective answer, of course is that it depends on the position.

I personally tend to favor knights, because I prefer to steer the game into a closed position.

But I don't let that cloud my judgment in a game. :)

I more like knights

i completely agree with you :D

The only concrete advantage of the two bishops is that they can force checkmate against a lone king, whereas the two knights cannot.  Other than that, it depends on the position.

"Fear the bishop pair" From afar they pin, fork, battery, control pawn advance, and cut the king from crossing diagonals. However, the knight blockades in one part of the board quite well.

Both bishops and knights are tricky. Beginners should scan the board for the hidden bishop, or follow the knights trail. Those who own them should be wary of getting trapped in a pawn net or by a king. Also a bishop can completely cut off a knights moves, which is a difficulty in endgames.

Not to worry about which is better, consider instead the geographical features in relation to all the other pieces where they are moving!