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Which squares can a knight on e4 move to?
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chess
Position of chess pieces at the beginning of a game. The pieces are placed on the two ranks closest to the player. In the closest rank, pieces are arranged from left to right: rook, knight, bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, and rook. In front of that rank, each square has a pawn.
A knight moves in an L-shape, consisting of two squares in one cardinal direction followed by one square perpendicularly.
When positioned on the e4 square, a knight can move to any of the following eight squares:
- f2
- g3
- g5
- f6
- d6
- c5
- c3
- d21