knight

Also known as N, horse, jumper, king's knight, queen's knight, horsey

chess piece

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A knight is a chess piece that moves in an L-shaped pattern—two squares in one direction and one square perpendicular to that—making it the only piece that can jump over other pieces. It matters in chess strategy because its unique movement makes it valuable for controlling the board and creating tactical opportunities that other pieces cannot.

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Image: Chess piece - Black knight.JPG

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Unicode character: ♘
Commons category: Chess knights
Portable Game Notation: N
Stack Exchange tag: chess.stackexchange.com/tags/knights

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The knight (♘, ♞) is a piece in the game of chess. It moves two squares vertically and one square horizontally, or two squares horizontally and one square vertically, jumping over other pieces. Each player starts the game with two knights on the b- and g-files, each located between a rook and a bishop.

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