In some positions like, this the bishop is better in some positions like:
The bishop can maneuver in diagonal lines which are completely free.The knight,which is more slowly may be worse in the position i showed you above^^.In some positions the knight is better like this position:
In this position the bishop is COMPLETELY TRAPPED.So the knight is better.
But the question is WHICH IS MORE VALUABLE?Well i guess both are equal.Does this answer your question?I mean,I am just an intermediate but do you get it from this mini-lesson?Just give me the compliments in a private comment/message.
Now you might have seen the title of this discussion and thought I was an idiot. After all, it's seems like pretty common knowledge that a bishop and a knight are of equal value. However, I raise this question because in the book Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, Fischer writes that a bishop has a material value of 3.5 points while a knight has a value of only 3. This is not what I have heard elsewhere. Has the opinion changed on this matter?