Knight Strategies

The Knight is a jumping piece. It is short-range. Knights are good at forks but cannot do pins or skewers. Knights are often pinned by Bishops.

Opening strategies for Knights include:

• Development
• Develop the Knights Early
• Pin the Knights with Bishops
• Avoid Moving Knights Twice
• Develop Knights Towards the Center

Knight Tactics

Knight Tactics: The list of middlegame strategies related to Knight tactics include:

• Knight forks
• Biff the Knights
• Pin the Knights
• Skewered Knight
• Pin the Kingside Knight and Double Up
• Smothered Knight
• Knight Tactics

Positional Strategies for Knights

Positional Knight strategies include:

• Dominating Knight
• Bad Knight
• Good Knight
• Supported Strong Knight
• Holes
• Hovering Knight
• Knights on the Edge of the Board
• Defensive Knight

Knight Endgame Strategies

Endgame knight strategies include:

• Knight endings
• Two Knights
• Invulnerable Knight Between Pawns
• Dominated Knight
• Knight and Pawn vs King Endings
• Knights Need a Central Passed Pawn
• Bishop vs Knight endings
• Good Knight vs Bad Bishop endings
• Rook vs Knight endings
• Knight vs Pawns endings