Why does knight only move ½ steps?

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messimbapperonaldom9dric

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GrandmasterVietnamese2k11

Do you know the answer?

AnsonLin666
I don’t know
messimbapperonaldom9dric

The knight moves in an "L" shape, also described as 2 squares in one direction and then 1 square perpendicularly, which allows it to "jump" over other pieces. The knight's movement can be visualized as a combination of a rook's move (two squares horizontally or vertically) and a bishop's move (one square diagonally).

magipi

The title makes no sense.

RSCB2024
They don’t even move like that #4 😂. And title makes no sense.
RSCB2024
It’s 3 squares then perpendicular, not 2 😂
technical_knockout

knights flail maces in circles around their heads. 🥷

humzini1

Assuming the knight moves from and to the middle of a square, we can draw a right triangle. The side lengths of the legs are 1 and 2. Using the Pythagorean Theorem, the hypotenuse can be calculated.

sqrt(1^2 + 2^2) ≈ 2.236, which is the approximate distance the knight travels in one move.

blueemu

Knights do NOT move "two squares this way and one square that way".

If they did, they could be blocked.

Knights are the only piece on the chess-board that moves from point to point, not along a line.

They always move to the nearest opposite-colored non-adjacent square.

That's why they can't be blocked.

technical_knockout
blueemu wrote:

They always move to the nearest opposite-colored non-adjacent square.

or one might phrase it as: "the horsie jumps over the fence of squares surrounding her to the other color."

humzini1
blueemu wrote:

Knights do NOT move "two squares this way and one square that way".

If they did, they could be blocked.

Knights are the only piece on the chess-board that moves from point to point, not along a line.

They always move to the nearest opposite-colored non-adjacent square.

That's why they can't be blocked.

nah they just turn into ghosts and move through the pieces