Setting up the knights When playing chess on a physical board, which way should the knights face? Sideways (as in chess diagrams) or straight ahead? If there is nothing in the rules about this, how do the professionals usually set up their knights?
There is nothing in the rules about this.

The way that grandmasters set up their knights varies from person to person.

Here is an image from the world chess championship:



Carlsen has placed his knights facing each other, and Caruana has positioned his knights facing forwards.