Sick bishop
Submitted by
yusong1995 on Tue, 04/15/2008 at 2:43pm.
Many people think bishop is better than a knight because it is short ranged, however, In the end game, the short ranged but jumping knight would be a lot better than a locked up bishop, the game represented left shows how the bishop was locked up and black easily won the end game.
When two bishops are alive, the side who had them would had better chance to win than two knights. Two bishops controls two color of diagonal, and even though one of them could be locked up, however, the other one is still active. And the bishop can transfer from one side to another. The short ranged knight cannot!
It is always hard to decide whether knight is better than bishop or bishop is better than a knight. I think it is going to be in this formula
Knight+knight<Bishop+Bishop
Lone Knight>Lone Bishop
Bishop+Knight=Bishop+ Bishop
Bishop+ knight> Knight + knight