Knight

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The Knight is a chess piece in Chess Platforms and Chess Quest that has appeared in most other chess and chess-related games as well. It can jump up two spaces ahead then one to the side in any diagonal direction.

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Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • The knight, along with the baron, warden, baroness, and the Kingsprite, are the only kinds of chess pieces that can jump over other chess pieces in their way in Chess Platforms I and Chess Quest I. Of these five, the Knight is the only one that appeared in the traditional classic chess layout.
  • Like the way they normally look in chess games, knights seem to only appear as the horse and not the knight that rides on it in Chess Platforms I. A new design showing the knight is supposed to be proposed in the yet unannounced sequels to the game.