Would you rather have a strong bishop pair or a strong knight outpost?

Hey everyone! As part of my Winter Blunderland series on Youtube, I am posting a question every day in December. Today's question: Would you rather have a strong bishop pair or a strong knight outpost?

I've heard that having a bishop pair in the end game is very powerful, but I've found that an outpost can be more satisfying as I tend to always look for tactics that that involved sacrificing my knight (even though I don't think I should.... it's just pretty satisfying.)

I can't really remember many times where I actually got to use the bishop pair, so I thought I'd ask the group.
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I mean it really depends on how good my other minor piece is if I choose the knight

Hmm unless you mean 2 strong knight outposts or the strong bishop pair. In that case the bishops under most circumstances, as most often I can just trade my bishops off for the knights at worst case scenario, while in the best I win because of my bishops. However sometimes it is impossible to trade the knights off or if I do I will lose and so in those cases I guess it really depends on what the knights and bishops are doing in the position.

1. If the position is semi-closed or completely closed, I'll take the knight on the outpost

2. If the position is open, I'll take a strong bishop pair.

strong bishop pair

knights any day of the week

Really comes down to open vs. closed game and how many pieces are left. The more major pieces my opponent has left the more I like having the knight on an outpost.

Bishop pair looks inanpropraite

This comment is more for entertainment than education but I think it depends on the piece accuracy of your bishop pair vs how good you are with your knight or knights... Personally I don't consider myself accurate with either and I probably would have sacrificed one of the bishops and a knight before endgame

It really depends on the position, but I prefer Knight outposts. He can control many squares in the opponent's position.

i know that theoretically bishop are worth 3.15 so they are better in the longrun, but i'm not stockfish nor a top 50 player so i prefer the outposts cause knights are tricky and cooler to use. It doesn't matter what's slightly better if you blunder a king and pawn endgame anyway

Bishop pairs tend to be worth more as your elo increases. "Knights are tricky b*st*rds" - is a common saying, especially because early on, players tend to miss simple captures and tactics with the knight.

Jumbo Pony

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Strong bishop pair

I prefer closed positions, so Knights work better for me. However, it sure is nice to have two bishops in the end game.

Knight outpost cuz I have more insight on outposts. Bishop pair is also good since I often have open positions.

I'm happiest when I have at least one bishop and my opponent at most one, and knight outposts are usually easier to get rid of. Bishop pair, for certain.

I love knight outposts, and oftentimes I use them to turn around a bad-looking game. Here's a game where I played pretty poorly but was able to turn things around with an extremely strong knight and supporting bishop.