REALIZING A MATERIAL ADVANTAGE
EXCHANGE ATTACK OR RETURN

REALIZING A MATERIAL ADVANTAGE

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Dear Friends 😎

                         We all know how difficult it is to win a winning game😌.If you have material advantage i.e. if you are a piece or pawn up then also sometimes it is not easy to win.But there are some principles that can guide you to win  when you have material advantage.

The principles are

1.You should try to exchange pieces.

It is much easier to win in the endgame than in the middlegame with queens on the board.So the side having material advantage should try to exchange pieces in order to avoid unnecessary complications.

2.You should create an attack.

Sometimes it is not possible to exchange pieces or it is not easy to win by exchanging pieces so then should try to create an attack so that opponent is forced to exchange pieces for our advantage.

3.You should return some of your extra material for activity of your pieces or for liquidation.

We will see this points in a game.

 Had black played 11...Nxe4 instead of 11...Nxd5 its task would have been easier than in the game.So i suppose you have got an idea on  how to play when you have material advantage.

All rules have some exceptions and we will see that in next blog.Till then goodbye.

nullUNSUPPORTED PIECE, DEPENDENT PIECE , KING