How do You Align Your Chess Knight?
We see several different mark that make any chess set unique. The materials, color matching, and details of the pieces are just a few of the area. While each piece has its own unique touches to it, the one piece that can have the largest amount of detail put into it is the Knight.
With that in mind, the logical debate that erupts is how to align you knight when playing chess? It is something that we debate every once in a while – do you line your knights up facing each other or facing the opposition.
Proponents of the former, my self included, choose to face their knight toward each other. That is too show-off the knight. With all the detail and hard work in the pieces, not displaying it would be just a shame. Some try to make the argument that ergonomically, it is also easier to grab the pieces and move them. That argument usually gets debunked.
The other argument is to have the knights facing toward the opponents. The main argument there is psychological, that the knight focused across the chess set in an attack bearing show your opponent why you are there.
Whatever the reason, I am sure that we can all agree that the knight is an impressive piece on the board. We would like to hear from you though, how do you orient your knight?
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