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> That's funny because I found the opposite to be true if it's a single bishop / knight endgame.

No matter what you found, it has been statistically proved that a Bishop (against a Knight), and especially a Bishop pair is stronger than a Knight/Knight or Knight/Bishop .

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If we are talking blitz though there is an argument to be made for the trickiness of the knight's geometry. Forks abound and no time to calculate.

Wow, I didn't know that! Thanks so much.

Bishop pair is clear, of course, but I literally would look for a single knight/bishop ending (where I would have the knight), thinking it gave me the advantage. Maybe it was a placebo effect. Ha! Thanks again!

You can see here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_piece_relative_value

Also Kaspy confirming here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3uvvA7dyoI (:30 in the video)

Not _just_ placebo. If you tend to favor very closed positions, or end up placing pawns in ways that make your bishops useless, then the knight might be better sometimes, even though the general idea of bishop > knight is correct.

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