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by david927 2042 days ago
Wow, I didn't know that! Thanks so much.

Bishop pair is clear, of course, but I literally would look for a single knight/bishop ending (where I would have the knight), thinking it gave me the advantage. Maybe it was a placebo effect. Ha! Thanks again!
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soamv 2042 days ago
Not _just_ placebo. If you tend to favor very closed positions, or end up placing pawns in ways that make your bishops useless, then the knight might be better sometimes, even though the general idea of bishop > knight is correct.
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cambalache 2042 days ago
You can see here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_piece_relative_value

Also Kaspy confirming here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3uvvA7dyoI (:30 in the video)

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