Originally posted by el gilI have 2, Bishop and Knight. They are elegant and subtle pieces. Their use is harder, but when done correctly is a thing of beauty.
I was asked yesterday, but I didn't know what to answer.
Probably it's the rook: powerful, elegant, devastating...
The queen and rooks are like the bazookas of the chess board. Their use is like using a bulldozer.
Originally posted by LeaadasYeah that's also true, when you manage to skewer the enemy queen with your bishop, you realise you created something beautiful...
I have 2, Bishop and Knight. They are elegant and subtle pieces. Their use is harder, but when done correctly is a thing of beauty.
The queen and rooks are like the bazookas of the chess board. Their use is like using a bulldozer.
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The knight has been my favorite piece since I started playing, but this might have been influenced by the shape of the piece. It's unique movement also makes it stand out.
Somebody once told me to think of the move as a straight line between two pieces, and that the knight actually moves between pieces, not over them.
Hard to say... i see the pieces so differently.
-you need the king, thats for damn sure.
-pawns are weak but many, and are essential for a strong positioning.
-bishops are like snipers and are good for support and attacks.
-knights are like heavy infantry, you can throw them right through the middle of stuff and come out ahead--also, the queen can move like any piece but them.
-the queen owns hardcore, pretty hard to win without her either.
-castles are like slow moving artillery, they don't play much a role until the end, but their development is key to that shift into endgame: their arrival on the scene marks a shift in the way the game is played.
If i absolutley had to pick, the knight is the coolest piece, because he actually moves like a 'knight' ought too. He is the higher class version of the pawn, and it shows. Being nobility he can move whatever direction (forward, back, sidways) he wants, and doesn't have to follow the pawn's phalanx like movement. When he does move, he jumps clean over one square, and points his lance off to one side of his horse's head to kill his target and/or occupy that square. At least, thats how i've always looked at his L shaped movement : )