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Lesson 8

Lesson goals:

 Introduce the Knight.
 How does the Knight move and capture
 The “Knight Tour”
 The Knight’s value compared to the other pieces

What does the Knight look like?

Value = 3 Points or equivalent to 3 Pawns or 1 Bishop

It’s also commonly referred to as horse or horsy. The Knight is the only piece which can jump over
another piece. The Knight always alternates jumping from light to dark squares and then again dark to
light and so on. It jumps in an L-shape.

Show examples of how to capture 8 Pawns (with no other pieces on the board, only the side with the
Knight moves) with the Knight.
XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+-+(

7+-zp-+-+-'
6-+-+p+-+&
5+p+-+-+p%
4-+-+pzp +$

3zp-+-+-zp-#
2-+-+-+ +"
1+N+-+-+-!
xabcdefghy
Solution: The Knight will capture all of Black’s Pawns (assuming that only White moves), in the
following order: a3, b5, c7, e6, f4, h5, g3 and e4.

Show how a centralized Knight (in the middle of the board) has so many more choices of moves (8) than
one in the corner (2).
XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+-+( 8-+-+-+-+(
7+-+-+-+-' 7+-+-+-+-'
6-+«+«+-+& 6-+-+-+-+&

5+«+-+«+-% 5+-+-+-+-%
4-+-sN-+ +$ 4-+-+-+ +$
3+«+-+«+-# 3+«+-+-+-#
2-+«+«+ +" 2-+«+-+ +"

1+-+-+-+-! 1sN-+-+-+-!
xabcdefghy xabcdefghy
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