Flameus1110 wrote:
How do you win when somebody just tries to trade everything?
When they want to trade a good piece for your bad piece, they are welcome. When they want to trade a bad piece for your good piece, don't let them.
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When a piece is good or bad is hard to say as a beginner. If an equal trade is offered by the opponent in the beginning of the game it can be very good to accept this trade and demolish his pawn structure. It is not so easy to offer several trades without using your pawn structure. Since you take the piece first when it is being offered you do not loose a tempo because that looses a piece. But also protects your own pawn structure from becoming ugly. So take trades that demolish his structure and try to avoid trades that kills yours. That is a very simple way to start.
If you are ahead go ahead and trade but if you are behind you want to ovoid trading.
Feb 2, 2023
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There are so many cases that this can apply to. In general trading everything early leads to more draws in many cases. Keeping pieces can lead to more complications but also more winning chances. In the Sicilian defense white often extends their pawns too forward. If black can trade pieces then they will scoop up whites pawns. The rug Lopez is one of the best openings of when to trade and not trade. Every move after Bb5 threatens to win the central e pawn. It is a real tug of war. However, the scotch game with d4 instead of Bb5 leads to an open game and pawn trades early.
How do you win when somebody just tries to trade everything?