{"id":2549,"date":"2022-01-02T16:25:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T16:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2022-01-02T16:30:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T16:30:39","slug":"the-horses-moves-in-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/the-horses-moves-in-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"The Horse\u2019s Moves in Chess: The Special Piece"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The horse in chess is normally known as a ‘Knight’ however, there is nothing wrong in using the term horse moves to describe the only piece on a chess board that can jump over other pieces without capturing them when it moves. The horse is a versatile and powerful piece in some situations although is stronger in the center of the board than at the edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The starting position of the horse in a chess game is on the back rank between the bishop and the rook<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s learn all there is to know about horse moves in the rules of chess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The horse has a unique range of movement given that it moves neither vertically nor horizontally but rather in an ‘L’ shape on the board. It is not a chess piece that can move in a diagonal<\/a> direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The horse movement in chess is one or two squares vertically or horizontally before making a perpendicular move of one or two squares to complete an ‘L’ shape completing a 3 square move in total in any direction. Centrally the horse can move to up to 8 different squares on the board.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n