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There are eight possible squares a knight can move to when it is in the center of an empty board. For you beginning Chess players, note that this is why you try to keep the knight in the center of the board unless there is a specific reason not to. Note that from where the knight starts out it only has 2 squares to move to. A knight in the center is much more powerful than on the edge or in a corner because of this.

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