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The bishop or the Knight?

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DonAOFT
DonAOFT
Jan 5, 2024
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#1
What is the best piece?
tygxc
tygxc
Jan 5, 2024
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#2

"The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him,
but as a player increases in strength the value of the Bishop becomes more evident to him,
and of course there is, or should be, a corresponding decrease in his estimation of the value of the Knight as compared to the bishop.' - Capablanca

JimmyZhou2014
JimmyZhou2014
Jan 5, 2024
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#3
It depends. In open positions, the bishop is more active and a more important piece because it can see long diagonals in open positions. On the other hand, if you’ve reached a closed position knights are better because they can jump through pieces. In other cases, sometimes they’re just the same.