Witch is better a Knight or a Bishop

need to know :)

In general, a bishop is objectivly better.

Bishops likes open positions, since they are long-ranged pieces. Knights prefer blocked pawn structures, where they can jump over the pawns. But never underestimate a pair of knights working together. It's more difficult to make knights work together than make bishops work together.

In endgames, bishops are generally better if there are pawns on both areas, and/or if the opponents pawns are blocked on the bishops colour. With pawns on 1 side, the bishop can't really use the fact that it is longranged, but it has the handicap that it only has 1 eye. It can only use 32 squares, while the knight can use 64.

Bishop take knight is the small Exchange sacrifice (bobby fisher)

They are both better in different situations!

You have to examine the position you are in and decide for yourself, you can usually tell by the pawn structure (How many squares will the piece be able to control)

Why don't you use the search function? There are a lot of threads about this...

xxlavakixx, you just bumped the thread... 

if only i could think about these things.  i miss the warm embrace of love.

bishops are in the end game but in the beginning if you are good with knights they can make the difference

knights can: fork, move to different color squares, attack/defend 8 different directions

bishops can: pin, fork, skewer, operate from long-distance, attack/defend in 4 directions, can form battery with the queen

Both have their strengths and weaknesses. If a bishop gets blocked in by friendly or enemy pawns, it's no good, unless you can free up the pawns. If a knight gets blocked in by friendly or enemy pawns, he can at least try to re-maneuver. Knights can make for good outposts. A bishop can also be used to secure an outpost sometimes.