What's better knight or bishop?

What's better:Knight or Bishop?

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There are other people posting the same topic? I didn't know that

knight early, bishop end game

dont worry, there's alot of different topics being repeated, its a large community i guess, it happens :S

my personal insight is that in the middlegame, they are both of equal value but towards the end game, the knight is at a much better value ...

Yes I agree with you.

i like using knights to fork of course, and to cover multiple spaces at once, i always use my bishops to control important diagonals, and cover a spot for my queen to mate the king in the beg. game if i can, but I've heard most often: knights in beg game(can maneuver through pawns), bishops in end game (more space to move around in)

I like to use the knights in the openings, and use bishops in the endgame.

Yes lots of people said that

To quote Capablanca: "For all general theoretical purposes the Bishop and the Knight have to be considered as of the same value, though it is my opinion that the Bishop will prove the more valuable piece in most cases; and it is well known that two Bishops are almost always better than two Knights.

The Bishop will be stronger against Pawns than the Knight, and in combination with Pawns will also be stronger against the Rook than the Knight will be.

A Bishop and a Rook are also stronger than a Knight and Rook, but a Queen and a Knight may be stronger than a Queen and a Bishop."

from "A Primer Of Chess" by J. R. Capablanca

I favor the bishop.I think the bishop can come in handy when closing in on a checkmate.So in my opinion the bishop is stronger.

There are some who argues that the bishop is only prefered in the endgame if the pawns are on different sides on the board. If they are close together the knight should hold supremacy since the knight can cover both colours of the board.

I perfer bishops if I can keep the pair, but with only one bishop I consider bishops and knights to be equal

The Kings Bishop is worth more than a Knight which is worth more than a Queens Bishop

It depends on the type of game that has developed. In a closed game, the knight is superior. In an open game, the bishop rules.

And in the endgame, both have pluses and minuses. The knight is slow, not excellent at pawn hunting. The bishop of course, is limited to one color only, which can be problematic.

I prefer the bishop, and try to create the type games that favor it.

Not again , look at previous postings , this has  been talked about many times.

i think bishops are easier to use because they're more straightforward, but knights are nice because they have enough of a value that your opponent will likely take them if you sacrifice them, not to mention their weird attack pattern is great for those hard-to-spot mates

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The correct answer is: it depends.

There are plenty of endgames where knights are superior and plenty of openings or middlegames where bishops rule.  To quote IM Jeremy Silman "do not buy into the lie that bishops are better than knights."

The relative strength of the minor piece depends (mostly) on the accompanying pawn structure.

Open position=B

Closed position=N

easy as that