
Squandered Wealth in Chess
Now, what are you going to do with your newfound wealth?
A.) Play with only knight and bishop for the remainder of the game?
B.) Play with all of your pieces?
Let's see what happens when you play with only a knight and bishop for the remainder of the game.
As you can see, black used all of their pieces, despite being a whole rook down. Thanks to Black's resourcefulness and white's wastefulness, black was able to activate their pieces to an overwhelming attack on the king.
Now let's see what happens if instead white chose to make use of their pieces
Moral of the story, it's not about how much you have; it's about how you use it!