31 Oct 05
Originally posted by RedmikeGeneral rules are to help players avoid making common mistakes. Of course a stronger player knows when to break the rules when the position calls for it. I see no problem with having general rules.
Chess is really not that simple a game.
You cannot have general rules about whether bishops are better than knights or vice versa.
It depends on the dynamics and the structure of the position.
Sometimes a bishop is better than a rook, or a knight might even be better than a queen.
31 Oct 05
Originally posted by TRAINS44What would Jeremy Silman Do?
Hmmmmmmm....wwjsd?
I started off on this site preffering knights, but I got demolished quite a few times by the bishop pair, so I decided to try to keep my bishop pair as much as possible. I'm still learning, but it does seem that the bishops are better, except maybe when playing a lower rated player who may not see the 1 or 2 move knight forks.
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20 Nov 05
I prefer Bishops in most cases, but recently played a game in which my opponent traded both his bishops for both my Knights, then using this 'Knight pair' demolished me. There is also a Lasker-Chigorin game where Chigorin uses both Knights to completely dominate Lasker's Bishops.
21 Jan 07
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"Bishop versus Knight: The Verdict" by Steve Mayer, 1997
International Chess Enterprises (American Batsford Chess
Library), Figurine Algebraic Notation, paperback, 224pp., $22.50
Reviewed by Glenn Budzinski
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/bvkt.txt
Reviewed by Hoa H
http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AGYN68JA8L7PB?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview
21 Jan 07
Originally posted by RagnorakI change my mind. They're about equal, and the relative superiority of the minor pieces depends wholly on the position.
What would Jeremy Silman Do?
I started off on this site preffering knights, but I got demolished quite a few times by the bishop pair, so I decided to try to keep my bishop pair as much as possible. I'm still learning, but it does seem that the bishops are better, except maybe when playing a lower rated player who may not see the 1 or 2 move knight forks.
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Is the bishop good or bad? Does the knight have safe advanced outposts? Is the position open or closed? Can I open or close the position to suit my pieces to the detriment of my opponents pieces?
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