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Who's better: bishop or knight?

Who's better: bishop or knight?

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Who's better: bishop or knight?

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The eternal question.

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I've always believed that bishops are more valuable (see my name) but a great chess player who I respect told me to always sacrifice a bishop to kill the oppenets knight.
What's your guys opinion?

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knights r cool

D

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Again, it depends on the position. Knights are better than Bishops in closed positions. Bishops are better than Knights in endgames with pawns on both sides of the board. Knights tend to be worse if they don't have advanced support points and Bishops tend to be bad if the are center pawns of it's same color.

Personally, I prefer Knights over Bishops because they can attack in more directions and can jump pieces.

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I don't know much of the lingo to chess. What's a closed position and a end game?
So 93confirmed you would sacrifice a bishop to kill an opponets knight?

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Originally posted by bishops r cool
I don't know much of the lingo to chess. What's a closed position and a end game?
So 93confirmed you would sacrifice a bishop to kill an opponets knight?
Closed position just means that most of the pawns are still on the board and the center of the board is cluttered. In this position, the bishops don't have much room to manuever while the Knights can move around more freely.

End game basically means the end of a game where most pieces are off the board and conclusion is in sight. For example, two pawns and a King against three pawns and a King.

Yes, I would capture an opponent's Knight if need be but it depends on the position. You shouldn't take it just because it's your turn to move.

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Originally posted by bishops r cool
I don't know much of the lingo to chess. What's a closed position and a end game?
So 93confirmed you would sacrifice a bishop to kill an opponets knight?
There is no true answer independent of position.

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I think knights are better in the end game when there are plenty of pawns and weak squares on your opponents side of the board. 😀

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more often than not, a bishop is better... but on occasion a knight is more valuable because it is not restricted to one colour and can jump over other pieces in its way.

If I had a choice to either have 4 bishops or 4 knights (instead of 2 of each) I'd say 4 bishops FOR SURE!

Actually, I like them both equally.

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If I had a choice between 3 queens or 1 queen and 2 rooks I would choose 3 queens for sure

... oh... sorry, dumb comment

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Originally posted by bishops r cool
If I had a choice between 3 queens or 1 queen and 2 rooks I would choose 3 queens for sure

... oh... sorry, dumb comment
One queen does not equal one rook! but does one bishop equal one knight? The differences between a knight and a bishop are pretty blatant, but the equality between them is very subtle.

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It depends on the position.

Sometimes Bs are even better than Rs

Game 3172815 illustrates this point where my opponent offered me a rook (move 21) that I could not afford to take as my black B was far more important. I still lost!

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mabye you should of taken the rook...but as in turned out your b bishop died anyway!