Knight

The King is a horse-shaped head piece in the game of chess. Each player starts with two knights, which are between Rook and Bishop.

Placement and movement

 * White player have Knights placed initially at b1 and g1, while the black Knights start at b8 and g8.
 * The Knight has the unusual move in the game of chess, and can move to a square that is two squares away horizontally and one square vertically, or two squares vertically and one square horizontally. It makes the move look like the letter "L". Knight is the only piece in the game of chess that can jump over pieces.
 * No matter where the Knight moves, it always land on the opposite color square as its previous position.

Value

 * The value of the piece of Knight is around 3, similar to Bishop, but varies depending on the position of the game of chess.
 * The value of Knight may increased over Bishop at closed positions, and open positions, Bishop is over Knight.
 * The maximum possible moves for a Knight is 6.

Special Moves and Names

 * Fork