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Piece differences: Queen or 2 Rooks?

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Firewolf4k

In chess, we know that the queen is the strongest piece and you already lost half the game if you lost your queen. But what about two rooks?

Look in a situation like this(Diagram on bottom): In this game the black has two rooks that they can take and also threatening the queen. It is black's turn but the black does not know which pieces to take first. What do you think? Is the queen more valuable? Or the two rooks? Here are their advantages.

Queen: The queen is the most powerful piece in the name of chess. The piece can move sideways, diagnol, or straight infinitely and is a great brute force piece to use in chess. It is a great companion attack companion to use against the opposition but lacks startegic play as the queen is basically brute force and in some faces the queen is not very compatible and very easy to lose in some faces.

Rook: The Rook is a two way checkmate for the king. It can move any where along the board and they are two great companions that can lead to easy checkmate. Rooks, like queens are basically brute force pieces but has also strategic play advantage over the queen. The problem is that when it is attacking it is actually pretty obvious to see that it is attacking since it can only attack head on and very easy to lose them when in a fork situation. And working toghether as two twins, they always lead to a great victory.

So which is more valuable: Queen or two rooks? (sorry, it is supposed to say BLACK to move, and the diagram was supposed to be going the other way)


CaptainJackShepard
The diagram does not properly demonstrate what you are trying to teach I.e. nxe5, rxh2, bxb4. What I am saying the end result will always be either 2 pieces vs a rook or rook vs a rook and knight and bishop or a king vs rook and bishop