Why does knight only move ½ steps?

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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).

The title makes no sense.

knights flail maces in circles around their heads. 🥷

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.

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.

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

nah they just turn into ghosts and move through the pieces