Piece Exchange |
An important part of chess is the exchange of pieces. When we go to the supermarket with a dollar, we seek to get a dollar's worth of food with it. When we are told that a Rook has greater value than a Knight and the opportunity arises to "win the exchange" we may do this but is it always the right thing to do? In other words are piece values absolute and if not how do we judge their value. We may in fact gain a positional advantage if we give up Rook for a Knight. How do we know what to do and how to do it where piece exchange is concerned? That's the whole idea of this section.
30. Piece Exchange
32. Piece Exchange--Remove Strong Pieces
34. Piece Exchange--Intermediate Surprise Moves
35. Piece Exchange--Space Creation
36. Piece Exchange--Avoid When attacking
37. Piece Exchange--Find The Key
38. Piece Exchange--Material Advantage
39. Piece Exchange--Pawn Advantage
53. Queen Exchange
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