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Bishop vs Knight - Which one do you prefer?

Im just curious what the community thinks about which piece, the bishop or the knight, they prefer more.
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Got to be the Knights for me, tricky blighters. Bishops are strong, yes - but the Knights are more fun.
I find bishops better, I find them more strong in my opinion. But knights are still very fun to troll people with.
I'd much rather have a single knight than a single bishop, in pairs it really depends on the game of course but in general I'd say I like bishop pairs.

In crazyhouse, give me knights in my pocket all day long. I love dropping them into forking positions, I feel like I can see my opponent's surprise through the Internet connection.
Bishop.

I was thinking about this earlier and it's really hard to pick one. Recently I heard Hansen say, "bishops are great even from their starting position" and demonstrated it.
In average I find the bishop stronger, but the difference is so small that positional factors overweight it in most cases. Just don't trade an active minor piece to the passive.
I prefer the bishops because they are stronger in my opinion and are more useful than knights in the endgame
Of course the bishop is the stronger piece and thus in general worth more than the knight. The difference is called the minor exchange. In endgames the bishop often dominates the knight. The knight is better in closed positions and the bishop is better in open positions. However, closed positions often become open, and open positions usually do not become closed.
Together with a queen the knight is stronger than the bishop.
In blitz the knight is often stronger because of its tactical possibilities.

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