In chess, the knight moves in an 'L' shape. I have not found any additional name for this. Does this movement have a name other than 'L' shaped?
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4Although this is on topic here; you might have better luck with a question like this over at chess.stackexchange.com.– GendoIkariOct 9, 2019 at 21:53
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The move a Knight makes is typically called either a "Knight's move", or "L-Shaped".
There aren't really any more common names than those, as the Knight and it's move are both relatively unique, and predate western chess; being one of two pieces that were directly imported from Chaturanga (the other is the Rook) in their current form.
You will occasionally find referrences to the move as a "Knight's Leap" or "Knight's Jump", but those usages are uncommon.
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1It's also called a knight's move in go (which, of course doesn't even have knights).– ilkkachuNov 14, 2019 at 21:26
We call it "dhai chaal" (in hindi) or 2.5 steps (in english) in India.
