knight
20
4.2
- noun
- /naɪt/
:
caballo
- Queen takes knight.
- a white knight
- chess knight
- a black knight
So, yeah, chess does not just like deploy your Knights off the back row and therefore you win.
- So, yeah, chess does not just like deploy your Knights off the back row and therefore you win.
- Yeah, OK, so Knights tours, Knights tours have to win it out.
- And it starts to say, Oh, well, you thought that the Knights move pincer joseki was a great idea.
- We aren't pawns and Knights and bishops.
- I had to look at the pieces on the board like in my a knight, in my Bishop, in my Rook.
- Bishop or knight Depends if you're religious or not.
Examples
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Bishop to knight 4.
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Knight to h3.
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Doing so, he would attack the knight from three sides.
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And if I move my knight instead, he moves his bishop.
Fiction book (2000) -
Then I bring my queen to knight 4 and threaten mate in one move.
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Several pawns, a knight, and a bishop have been taken.
Fiction book (2001) -
Pawn takes knight.
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Knight to king-4.
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White had king C3, rook A1, knight D5, pawns B2 and C4.
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The knight moved to knight four and controlled the center of the board.
Synonyms
15
6.2
A chess piece that moves in an L shape, also called the knight
Compounds
- Literature
11
9.7
A Christian warrior from the Middle Ages who protected pilgrims and holy sites in Jerusalem
- Literature
4
9.1
A member of King Arthur's court who sits at the Round Table and is brave and fair
1
8.8
A member of a Masonic group that uses rituals and symbols from a medieval Christian military order
- Archaic
1
9.9
A person from the Middle Ages who travels to find adventures and help people
- Slang
1
8.3
A person who defends someone online to seem morally better or get attention
- Archaic
A knight honored for bravery who can lead soldiers under his square flag
- Archaic
A person honored for great bravery who leads troops and carries a square banner
- Archaic
A person who performs skilled whip tricks in rodeos or who is very strict about rules
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Etymology
The chess piece knight is named after the horse-riding warrior and is shown as a horse's head. Because real knights rode horses that could jump and move in sudden ways, the chess knight moves in an L-shape like a jumping horse, which is why the piece has that name.