This is what many say however even with two extra pawns, in this game it ended as a draw!
Knights can be tricky on endgames... Which is why I often try to avoid having an endgame with bishop + pawns versus Knight + pawns.
But only because Black tried his best not to win.
@Nerwal He made his pawns blockade his dark square bishop. No wonder why.
Ignoring this game, another saying is that knights tend to be stronger than bishops when pawns are all on one side of the board.
f.i. fixed pawn structure games with pawns on the square of the bishop are most of the times easy wins for the knight.
bishop faster than a knight. covers a much bigger distance.
Knights can attack all the board bishops just half.
In general if you have a bishop make the board big. Knight try to fix pawn structure on the color of opponent bishop.
bishop faster than a knight. covers a much bigger distance.
Knights can attack all the board bishops just half.
In general if you have a bishop make the board big. Knight try to fix pawn structure on the color of opponent bishop.
@Nerwal both players have been very generous!
Ita not a rule of thumb anyway. Bishops are generally stronger than a Knight by half a point, but it means not a damn thing if the position suits the Knight better.
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