Why Knights are better than Bishops in Chess

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  • Knights are so cool. Hopefully this increases your understanding of the dynamics between chess pieces, and the positional awareness needed to improve your chess game.
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  • @NinjaguyCollin
    @NinjaguyCollin 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Honestly neither piece is always better than the other it always depends on the situation

  • @Robdammit
    @Robdammit หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Gave the worst possible scenario for a bishop to justify your point. Knights are better in closed positions but bishops are far better in open positions. The bishop pair in an open position vs knights isn't even close. The last counter point is a well positioned bishop can shut down half a knight's legal moves. It's always situational but imo bishops are better on average.

    • @macraffoul2902
      @macraffoul2902  หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yes, these positions are purposefully selected to show the situational power of the knight. In real games, of course both pieces have their advantages and bishops can be argued to be slightly better overall. But again, it all depends on the situation.

    • @F_Bardamu
      @F_Bardamu หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly. Knights are generally better in middle games, Bishops in end games because they have more space. Just like Rooks by the way. Just a clickbait video.

  • @user-wr2fu2gp8x
    @user-wr2fu2gp8x หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    knights are ultimate warriors and bishops are professional killers (the sniper)

    • @DanZhukovin
      @DanZhukovin 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But bishops don't really attack well, many players can see them in the corner of the board

    • @Epic_stickman90
      @Epic_stickman90 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DanZhukovin they're more about area control and freezing pieces. horses are more like opening pieces or for forks

  • @DanZhukovin
    @DanZhukovin 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Stockfish wins more games with bishops. Discussion closed.

    • @Epic_stickman90
      @Epic_stickman90 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      sheesh 🥶🥶

    • @polishlithuaniainanutshell5146
      @polishlithuaniainanutshell5146 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      im pretty sure this is referring to the average player

    • @DanZhukovin
      @DanZhukovin 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@polishlithuaniainanutshell5146 Yeah but it also means the bishop is stronger, there’s context to the statement

  • @SVNTHR737
    @SVNTHR737 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    bruh what is this thumbnail 💀 the guy next to magnus is GM zbigniew pakleza who only plays 1.d4 for basically he's entire life, he's literally a london system spammer and you described him as 1.e4 enjoyer 💀

    • @dawsonwu7272
      @dawsonwu7272 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      its a joke lol

  • @dansketch4603
    @dansketch4603 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Maybe I am a knight cause I often make L moves

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The Knight's advantages over a bishop do not outweigh its lower overall mobility from the middlegame onward and long range potential. You are right about all of the knight's advantages. They're just not enough to compensate 2 knights for 2 opposite color bishops.

  • @canadianballmapper
    @canadianballmapper หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This seems like kind of a joke lol, this makes it sound like the bishop is worse than a pawn. Yes in that last position thhe bishop is trapped but black has to literally put themselves in that kind of jail, and there are many situations where a bishop can completely trao a knight on an empty board

  • @jadecortez9819
    @jadecortez9819 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The pawn cuz they can turn into other pieces and shape the battle ground .

  • @modelsof70s-80s
    @modelsof70s-80s หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bishops because 2 bishops work better togheter than 2 knights, and bishops are better than knight at delivering checkmate, and win pieces who king is pinned to, knights can just fork, bishops can scewer, pin&fork, therefore 1 bishop is more powerful than 1 knight unless closed position, so all what matters in pieces's power/value are only open position

  • @Patralgan
    @Patralgan หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I understand this is a joke video, but to be serious - while knights can dominate the bishops, the bishops dominate the knights more often and that's due bishop's greater mobility. The bishop is a better piece but of course depending on the position, a knight can be preferable sometimes.

  • @pobladorestringido4572
    @pobladorestringido4572 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    both good

  • @DipFF_Youtube
    @DipFF_Youtube 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Stockfish wins with 2 bishops vs 2 knights case closed

  • @randons3287
    @randons3287 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    another banger video thank you mac raffoul

    • @macraffoul2902
      @macraffoul2902  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it

    • @pineapples8201
      @pineapples8201 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So true Mac Raffoul is only banging

  • @Epic_stickman90
    @Epic_stickman90 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bishops are more about area control and freezing pieces because their long range helps them a lot with that which makes them a pretty good end/middle game piece. horses are more like opening pieces or for forks because no other piece can move like them. imagine if horses were more valuable than bishops and vice-versa chess would be really different

  • @SDEVCHESS
    @SDEVCHESS 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    KNIGHT IS BETTER THAN A BISHOP BUT IT HIGHLY DEPENDS ON POSITION .BUT BISHOP PAIR IS LEGENDARY

  • @Maurya-ml3jl
    @Maurya-ml3jl 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Why bishops are better than knights?
    1. Bishops control more squares than knights. Also they are more mobile than the knights.
    2. You can checkmate your opponents with bishop pair, you can't checkmate them with knight pair. You can even checkmate your opponents with the bishop and knight pair.
    3. You don't have to make a video on why bishops are better than knights.
    And thtas how bishops earn 0.5 points more than the knight.

    • @SDEVCHESS
      @SDEVCHESS 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Why Knight is better than bishop?
      1.Bishop only control 1 square complex but knight can control both
      2. Bishops only have direct control but knight have both direct as well as indirect control (Knight control more squares than a bishop(35 with 8 direct but bishops can control a maximum of 14 squares))
      3.Knights are too tactical than bishops
      4.Bishops are predictable but knights are not especially in time pressure situations.Floating knights have no match even for a queen
      5.Rook pawn endgame with bad bishop is draw but it's always a win with knight
      6.knight is the only piece which can jump through pieces
      7.Knight is the only piece in chess which can attack anything without getting attacked
      8.Knight in a perfect outpost is worth more than a rook but bishops are not
      9.Knight is a clear winner in closed positions
      10.Knight is the best defender of a king
      11.Knights are best blockader of passed pawns
      And many more ...

  • @quandaledingle2107
    @quandaledingle2107 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    okay okay i have an idea what if ai calculated every pieces value in game but you dont know

  • @jasonyan9154
    @jasonyan9154 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what an informative video! mac raffoul is so good at chess! he taught me everything i know!

  • @AnuramYeddu
    @AnuramYeddu หลายเดือนก่อน

    It all depends on position in some positions bishop or knight is more valuable than rook

  • @justinyuen4950
    @justinyuen4950 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I do believe that the value of the two is quite even. Bishops are better in open positions while knights are better in closed. It’s easier to force an open position and all closed positions eventually open up

  • @joshusa3805
    @joshusa3805 หลายเดือนก่อน

    oh i love chess

  • @nou4877
    @nou4877 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Mac raffoul

  • @NsEricNs
    @NsEricNs 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    As some GMs say: the stronger you become in chess, the more you like bishops over knights :)

  • @ezequielsanchez5722
    @ezequielsanchez5722 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you put stockfish 16 vs stockfish 16 one without the knights an the other without the bishops, it will always end in a draw no mather wich color has the pairs.

    • @NoahHoi
      @NoahHoi หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah because neither side has sufficient material to Checkmate (technically the one with 2 bishops can If Black defends incorrectly)

    • @ninja8flash742
      @ninja8flash742 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@NoahHoi I think they mean from the starting chess position with just knight or bishops removed

    • @NoahHoi
      @NoahHoi หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@ninja8flash742 in that case I'm pretty sure it always ends in a draw because the bots are of exact equal strength

  • @FireChargeBlox_
    @FireChargeBlox_ 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Finalmente alguém reconhecendo a força do cavalo

  • @ulrikebeckmann4986
    @ulrikebeckmann4986 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The knight isbetter in my opinion i like it way more (exept if the bishop moves to the sqare Z38 and people wonder why it isnt checkmate)

  • @pineapples8201
    @pineapples8201 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think the knight is better because it can jump over pieces and fork. So powerful!

    • @reachvidurmurali
      @reachvidurmurali หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And can get pinned the easiest of all pieces

    • @DipFF_Youtube
      @DipFF_Youtube 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      What kind of justification is that😂 600 elo iq

  • @jyromainiac5716
    @jyromainiac5716 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If the games are being played at a lower level then I’d say the knight is superior to the bishop as lower rated players do not calculate sequences further than roughly 2 moves I’d say increasing the chances of blundering a fork to the better player however once we’re out of the three digit elo range and into the not so blunder on move 5 range is where the real debate takes place, as a KID / KIA player, I do find my fianchetto bishop being useless for half of the game as it’s blocked in by my knight and or just staring at a pawn blockade while my knight is actually doing something like supporting my pawn breaks or hopping to a valuable post or rerouting to a good attacking square, however I do gotta give the bishop it’s fair share of praise as in endgame’s where the centre’s been ripped open and much more squares become available there’s more value to be found with the bishop compared to a knight as its superior mobility and ability to pin / skewer pieces become a valuable commodity. There’s great arguments for both pieces, but in my opinion I think the knights are better in the early to mid game and fall off slightly in the endgame whereas the opposite is for the bishop in which they are worse in the early to mid game but get better in endgames, honestly I gotta agree with the universal value 3 for 3 even, I can’t see either piece as superior as they’re both solid pieces which are better than the other in their own ways, positing the question which is better knight or bishop is like having a pc mother choose 1 of her 2 kids to save in a life or death scenario. There simply is no correct answer

  • @F_Bardamu
    @F_Bardamu หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:28 the Queen is toast, why say it's a smothered mate?

    • @macraffoul2902
      @macraffoul2902  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      knight can checkmate on the next move after the rook takes

    • @ElishaAkemu
      @ElishaAkemu 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@macraffoul2902smothered mate only works on the same kind of people that fall for scholars mate. That is, if they are stupid enough to not push their pawns since the beginning of the game and block the king.

  • @misskathgandaomsim325
    @misskathgandaomsim325 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    knights are ass without pawns

  • @bam38
    @bam38 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love minor
    Pieces