Talk:Knight (chess)
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We must not be intolerant of popular usage. Please, "horse" is not an incorrect term. Many of my friends use it.
- I believe that "horse" is not, in fact, a very popular usage. My understanding (and correct me if I am wrong) is that while beginners sometimes refer to a knight as a horse, the more familiar they become with chess, the more likely they are to refer to the piece as a knight. I don't know what makes usage incorrect, but "knight" is very standard and "horse" is rather non-standard. I suspect that even among non-chess players, most people call the piece a knight. I don't see it as intoleratance on the part of Wikipedia if all of our articles use only the term knight: it is simply the clearest way of speaking. --Fritzlein 07:48, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- PS: I do know some people who consistently refer to a knight as a horse, but they are native Chinese speakers who are literally translating the name of the corresponding piece in xiangqi.
For the record, the word "horse" does not appear in the official FIDE laws of chess [1] (http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101). --Camembert
I suggest indicating that "horse" is a colloquial or informal term.
Ex: The knight (♘♞) is a piece in the game of chess, representing a knight (armoured soldier) and often depicted as a horse's head. The piece is sometimes colloquially or informally referred to as a horse due to this resemblance.