Bishop for Room trade?
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This may be a dumb question but if I have an open board and both bishops is it worth trading a bishop for a rook? I know normally it is but I’m learning the power of paired bishops.
Bishop for rook * 🙄
Depends on what other pieces are on the board. If it was just the kings and then your opponents bishops and your Rook, I’d take one and draw because you can get checkmated with two bishops. If you do want to trade a rook it should be for either
1.) At least 2 minor pieces unless it’s the scenario described above
2.)The queen (duh)
3.)Other rooks if you find the trade favorable
Sorry about the tangent I hope it helps😅
1.) At least 2 minor pieces unless it’s the scenario described above
2.)The queen (duh)
3.)Other rooks if you find the trade favorable
Sorry about the tangent I hope it helps😅
Bishops are great on open boards, but Rooks are stronger, in general, so trading a Bishop for a Rook is usually a good move. As with all these questions though it always comes with the usual 'depends on the position' caveats. A rook can get in behind pawns, on the 7th rank and cause mayhem, chewing up pawns in endgames, whereas a Bishop can't do it as easily in most cases. But, of course, there are those cases where you opponent lines all his pawns up down a diagonal and your Bishop attacks the base pawn then chews through the rest.
Thank you @glamdring27 and @nikolaispongnikov very helpful!
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If you're unsure, then yeah, make the trade, it wins material 
But if the bishop looks really active and/or the rook looks really pathetic, then you can think about it some more.
Sure bishops are good on open boards, but so are rooks. Rooks play a minor role in the early part of the game because there are too many pawns, but in endgames they can usually dominate the minor pieces (bishops and knights).
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