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Is the Best Move For a Casual Player the same for a Beginner?

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Obviously, the best move for white would be Rxa1, where the black queen would have to move away from the rook. But is this essentially the best move if both players have a fairly low rating? I notice in a lot of chess games between chess players that the queens' movement can be so complicated that they will be able to pick off their opponents chess pieces unknowingly. Of course, this is only common in beginners, but this is a game between exactly those kinds of players. So it got me thinking instead of doing the natural Rxa1, to do Bc5+ or Bf6+ to win a queen and be a rook and a knight up. Is this variation more simpler for a beginner to handle? Is it easier for a beginner to beat an opponent without a queen rather than be up WAY more material and still have the opponents queen be in the way?

 



trysts

If white takes the rook, then the material ends up being 19-14. If white takes the queen, then the material ends up being 11-5. So taking the queen is better for white no matter what their rating is.

Tjornan

I have no idea why HurricaneMichael just insults people on threads.

In general, if it puts you up material, keep the queens on the board. Sure at almost any level, it is a good idea to exchange queens for the side that is winning, just because the queen can create so many more threats and keep the position complicated.