A Quote by Emanuel Lasker
To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop undergoes greater changes than that of the Knight.
Related Quotes
The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the value of the Bishop becomes more evident to him, and of course there is, or should be, a corresponding decease in his estimation of the value of the Knight as compared to the bishop.
Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the majority of cases in which they are opposed to each other.
In blitz, the Knight is stronger than the Bishop
Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop and knight, though very few know the reason for this advantage and how to turn it to account.
The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces.
While some are as loathe to trade a Bishop for a Knight as a Cadillac for a Chevrolet, others are prepared to do so without hesitation.
The beautiful wooden board on a stand in my father's study. The gleaming ivory pieces. The stern king. The haughty queen. The noble knight. The pious bishop. And the game itself, the way each piece contributed its individual power to the whole. It was simple. It was complex. It was savage; it was elegant. It was a dance; it was a war. It was finite and eternal. It was life.
The knight is renowned for, among other things, its suitability as a blockader ... Because its strength lies in short-range operations it is not uncomfortable standing in a single spot for long periods, as the Bishop is.
A priest is sent to Alaska. A bishop goes up to visit one year later. The bishop asks, How do you like it up here? The priest says, If it wasn't for my Rosary, and 2 martinis a day, I'd be lost. Bishop, would you like a martini? Yes. Rosary, get the bishop a martini!
First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns.
Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you.
I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
The Dark Knight series is all from Batman's point of view. But if you look at Dark Knight 2, you'll see a Superman who's much calmer than the one in the first Dark Knight. Batman and Superman are dead opposites. I love Superman. Do I love Batman more? They're not people. They're only lines on paper.
See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. [] Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. [] Whatsoever [the bishop] shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid.
The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and many a squire, With a great many more of lesser degree,-- In sooth a goodly company; And they served the Lord Primate on bended knee. Never, I ween, Was a prouder seen, Read of in books or dreamt of in dreams, Than the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims.
Knight takes Knight,” I called into the cloudy night air. “Check.
Related Authors
Aron Nimzowitsch Quotes
Danish
Chess Player
Boris Gelfand Quotes
Israeli
Chess Player
David Bronstein Quotes
Russian
Chess Player
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Quotes
Russian
Chess Player
Irving Chernev Quotes
American
Chess Player
Jan Timman Quotes
Dutch
Chess Player
Jose Raul Capablanca Quotes
Cuban
Chess Player
Mikhail Botvinnik Quotes
Russian
Chess Player
Mikhail Tal Quotes
Latvian
Chess Player
Paul Morphy Quotes
American
Chess Player
Richard Reti Quotes
Czechoslovakian
Chess Player
Samuel Reshevsky Quotes
American
Chess Player
Siegbert Tarrasch Quotes
German
Chess Player
Vasily Smyslov Quotes
Russian
Chess Player