Answers.Body: <p>There is nothing in the rules about this.</p>
  
  <p>The way that grandmasters set up their knights varies from person to person.</p>
  
  <p>Here is an image from the world chess championship:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/192Hz.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/192Hz.jpg" alt="Carlsen and Caruana"></a></p>
  
  <p>Carlsen has placed his knights facing each other, and Caruana has positioned his knights facing forwards.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: They are both wrong! _I_ set up by knights facing left (from my point of view). :-)
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Answers.Text: Wondering whether they are always facing the same way or whether they change direction after a move....
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Answers.Body: <p>The rules say nothing about this, and it varies from person to person (including among professionals). Some people place their knights facing sideways and forwards, and another popular orientation is placing them in a diagonal pointed towards the centre.</p>
  
  <p>You could place them pointing backwards if you want to screw with your opponent, but I've never seen someone do this in an actual game.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: What about trying to "screw with your opponent" by purposely "adjusting" pieces to be **off** center on their squares. Would anyone complain about that? Has it been done?
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Answers.Text: If it bugs your opponent they'd be allowed to adjust the piece, or at least ask you to adjust it. So you shouldn't do that (although I'm sure some players have still tried doing it). The whole thing about backwards knights was mostly a joke :)
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Body: <p>When playing chess on a physical board, which way should the knights face? Sideways (as in chess diagrams) or straight ahead? If there is nothing in the rules about this, how do the professionals usually set up their knights?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Stronger players place their knights facing to the side
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Tags: <knights>
Title: Setting up the knights
ThreadText: # Setting up the knights
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-22)
  
  When playing chess on a physical board, which way should the knights face? Sideways (as in chess diagrams) or straight ahead? If there is nothing in the rules about this, how do the professionals usually set up their knights?
  
  **Tags:** knights
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Stronger players place their knights facing to the side  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-02-22. Score: 4
  
  There is nothing in the rules about this.
  
  The way that grandmasters set up their knights varies from person to person.
  
  Here is an image from the world chess championship:
  
  [![Carlsen and Caruana](https://i.sstatic.net/192Hz.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/192Hz.jpg)
  
  Carlsen has placed his knights facing each other, and Caruana has positioned his knights facing forwards.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: They are both wrong! _I_ set up by knights facing left (from my point of view). :-)  
  > **username_4**: Wondering whether they are always facing the same way or whether they change direction after a move....  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2019-02-22. Score: 2
  
  The rules say nothing about this, and it varies from person to person (including among professionals). Some people place their knights facing sideways and forwards, and another popular orientation is placing them in a diagonal pointed towards the centre.
  
  You could place them pointing backwards if you want to screw with your opponent, but I've never seen someone do this in an actual game.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: What about trying to "screw with your opponent" by purposely "adjusting" pieces to be **off** center on their squares. Would anyone complain about that? Has it been done?  
  > **username_5**: If it bugs your opponent they'd be allowed to adjust the piece, or at least ask you to adjust it. So you shouldn't do that (although I'm sure some players have still tried doing it). The whole thing about backwards knights was mostly a joke :)  
  
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