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knight

Chess piece

EntityQ136

Also known as N · horse · jumper · king's knight · queen's knight · horsey

Subclass of: non-pawn chess piece
, hippogonal
Part of: chess terminology

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The knight is a piece in the game of chess. It moves two squares vertically and one square horizontally, or two squares horizontally and one square vertically, jumping over other pieces. Each player starts the game with two knights on the b- and g-files, each located between a rook and a bishop.

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Unicode character: ♘ color: white
♞ color: black
Sport: chess
Portable Game Notation: N
Different from: steed

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