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Knights
Knights move in a pattern that is quite different from the path of any other piece on the chessboard. All the other pieces are restricted to moving in a straight line or diagonally. A knight, on the other hand, moves around corners. It moves in a shape that looks like the letter "L." Columns are the vertical lines on a chessboard, and rows are horizontal. Knights move either one space along a column then two along a row, or vice versa.
Queen
The queen combines the powers of the bishop and the rook into a single piece. This means it can travel an unlimited number of squares along a diagonal line in a single move. It can do the same along the horizontal and vertical rows and columns on the board. It cannot move around corners the way a knight can.
Jumping
Another key difference separates the queen from the knight. The queen does not share the ability of the knight to jump over other pieces on the board. With the exception of the castle maneuver, where a knight and a rook jump over each other, the knight is the only piece that ignores pieces along its travel path. Other pieces, including the queen, need to either stop before they encounter a piece along their path, or capture that piece.
Relative Power
Although chess isn't a game where points matter, they give us insight into the strength of the various pieces. The queen is an extremely adaptable and dangerous piece that can move unlimited spaces in any single direction. The knight has its strengths, but is nowhere near the weapon that a queen is. For instance, when a player has a pawn reach the far side of the board, he is allowed to replace it with any piece, even if another of that piece is still on the board. Few players would choose the knight over the queen in this situation.