Answers.Body: <p><strong>Both of you are correct</strong>; you are just thinking of it in different ways. The following picture shows a knight and the squares where it could be after one move.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/TePkk.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TePkk.jpg" alt="Knight"></a></p>
  
  <p>Here's another picture that shows both methods:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/4cNvL.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/4cNvL.jpg" alt="2Knights"></a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: actually i always used a third approach, i "draw" an imaginary 3x2 rectangle on the board and move the knight diagonally
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Answers.Text: That works, too!
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Answers.Body: <p>Like everyone says, the two definitions are equivalent, but if you want an official-looking source, here is the quote from the USCF rulebook:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p><strong>8E. The knight.</strong> The knight’s move is composed of two different steps.
  First, it makes one step of one single square along the rank or file
  on which it stands. It does not land on that square, as its move is
  not complete (9A). Then, still moving away from the square of
  departure, it moves one step of one single square on a diagonal. It
  does not matter if the square of the first step is occupied.</p>
  <p>This move
  is sometimes called an L move, as it is equivalent to moving the
  knight two squares vertically, then one square horizontally (or two
  squares horizontally, then one square vertically). Note that the
  knight always moves to a square different in color than that of its
  starting square. A knight has a maximum of eight possible moves.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>U.S. Chess Federation. United States Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, Sixth Edition (Kindle Locations 941-946). Kindle Edition.</p>
  <p>There are yet more ways of looking at the knight's move. This one is from the FIDE handbook, and while clearly correct I don't think it reflects the way most people think of the move:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p><strong>3.6</strong> The knight may move to one of the squares nearest to that on which it
  stands but not on the same rank, file or diagonal.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=208&amp;view=article" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=208&amp;view=article</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>Does the knight move two steps forward and then to left or right or does it move one step forward and then diagonally to left or right?
  I was taught move one square then to right or left
  My partner says other way and we are fighting over it!
  Please can someone help.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Two steps forward and then one to the right or left (i.e. "L"-shape) and one step forward then diagonally forward-left or forward -right is the same. But in any case you should be able to find the answer how the knight moves on a million websites.
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Comments.Text: I have looked it’s just my dad taught me wen I was young one forward and then diagonal
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Comments.Text: But my partner said I was wrong and it was like a letter L
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Comments.Text: So basically either is correct?
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Comments.Text: [Knight movement in chess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_(chess)#Movement), it's in Shogi (Japanese chess) that knights only move 2 forward plus 1 to left/right. So when centralised, chess knights have a total of 8 legal moves, but a Shogi knight has only 2.
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Comments.Text: @Cat If the knight ends up moving to the same square, it doesn't matter how it's described, since unlike other pieces the knight can leap over something in its way. (If your two methods produce different results, then obviously one of you is wrong.)
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Title: Knight moves which way?
ThreadText: # Knight moves which way?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-12)
  
  Does the knight move two steps forward and then to left or right or does it move one step forward and then diagonally to left or right?
  I was taught move one square then to right or left
  My partner says other way and we are fighting over it!
  Please can someone help.
  
  **Tags:** learning
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Two steps forward and then one to the right or left (i.e. "L"-shape) and one step forward then diagonally forward-left or forward -right is the same. But in any case you should be able to find the answer how the knight moves on a million websites.  
  > **username_0**: I have looked it’s just my dad taught me wen I was young one forward and then diagonal  
  > **username_0**: But my partner said I was wrong and it was like a letter L  
  > **username_0**: So basically either is correct?  
  > **username_2**: [Knight movement in chess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_(chess)#Movement), it's in Shogi (Japanese chess) that knights only move 2 forward plus 1 to left/right. So when centralised, chess knights have a total of 8 legal moves, but a Shogi knight has only 2.  
  > **username_3**: @username_0 If the knight ends up moving to the same square, it doesn't matter how it's described, since unlike other pieces the knight can leap over something in its way. (If your two methods produce different results, then obviously one of you is wrong.)  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2019-01-12. Score: 2
  
  **Both of you are correct**; you are just thinking of it in different ways. The following picture shows a knight and the squares where it could be after one move.
  
  [![Knight](https://i.sstatic.net/TePkk.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/TePkk.jpg)
  
  Here's another picture that shows both methods:
  
  [![2Knights](https://i.sstatic.net/4cNvL.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/4cNvL.jpg)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_5**: actually i always used a third approach, i "draw" an imaginary 3x2 rectangle on the board and move the knight diagonally  
  > **username_4**: That works, too!  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2019-01-13. Score: 0
  
  Like everyone says, the two definitions are equivalent, but if you want an official-looking source, here is the quote from the USCF rulebook:
  
  > **8E. The knight.** The knight’s move is composed of two different steps.
  > First, it makes one step of one single square along the rank or file
  > on which it stands. It does not land on that square, as its move is
  > not complete (9A). Then, still moving away from the square of
  > departure, it moves one step of one single square on a diagonal. It
  > does not matter if the square of the first step is occupied.
  >
  > This move
  > is sometimes called an L move, as it is equivalent to moving the
  > knight two squares vertically, then one square horizontally (or two
  > squares horizontally, then one square vertically). Note that the
  > knight always moves to a square different in color than that of its
  > starting square. A knight has a maximum of eight possible moves.
  
  U.S. Chess Federation. United States Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, Sixth Edition (Kindle Locations 941-946). Kindle Edition.
  
  There are yet more ways of looking at the knight's move. This one is from the FIDE handbook, and while clearly correct I don't think it reflects the way most people think of the move:
  
  > **3.6** The knight may move to one of the squares nearest to that on which it
  > stands but not on the same rank, file or diagonal.
  
  <https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=208&view=article>
  
  
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