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Knights versus bishops

Puzzling Asked on July 13, 2021

Consider the following version of chess. The first player has a king and all bishops, while the second player has a king and all knights. The new pieces replace the normal pieces at the same location. Who has the advantage in this case? Which player will win if both play optimally?

Note: there is no castling and no pawn moves.

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Partial answer: Assuming the pieces are arranged as follows

it's probably easy to show that

Because:

Correct answer by trolley813 on July 13, 2021

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