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I seem to struggle with what's the best way to capture, and in general terms, Pawn structures. In this game, after 7.Bxd4, I have two ways to recapture; exd4 or Bxd4.
I made my choice based on what I understand as chess principles.
Taking with the pawn, exd4 has the following drawbacks:
So, I decided to take with the bishop.
Stockfish doesn't like that. According to stockfish, the best way to capture is with the pawn. I am not challenging Stockfish obviously, but I don't understand why!
Can someone help me understand?