Why do horses go in an (L) shape?

Hello guys Why do horses go in an (L) shape?

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Why do you wonder? Knights (often called horses, horsies or ponies among beginners (some of my non-beginner-friends call them ponies just because it sounds fun.)) move as they move. People think that it is the movement that makes the game the most fun, I guess. And if you don’t like it, well, then there are variants.

Because they can jump over men.

my pet horses cant

Because they're kind of shaped like an L.

They could have been invented to travel like any letter in the alphabet.

What do you have? Shetland Ponies?

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my pet horse's leg is broken

Cavalry was chiefly used for flanking in premodern warfare, getting into the side or even back of the opponent. They are also the most mobile units on the battlefield.

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realistically, what else is there? rook moves straight, bishop diagonal, queen both. for the knight to have a unique role, it has to be able to reach squares the other pieces cant.

the origin might be in cavalry warfare, but it stuck around because it just makes sense.

In reality they don't go in an L shape, they go in a straight line. The 64 pixel resolution of a chess board can't show that line though and it renders as an L.