Chess principle - need help

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L1Z4RDX

Oct 19, 2020

Hello,

I'd be really grateful, if anyone helped me understand an occurrence in Chess. I am a beginner, I learnt the basic chess principles and eventually found out that they aren't always necessary to follow (Scandinavian defense). But there is still one thing I cannot really comprehend.

When someone trades a piece usually in the early game, in a non-threatening opening, what is the purpose if it develops a piece for the opponent ? I tried to demonstrate what I mean in the two chess ''games'' further down:

Here it doesn't give that much tempo to white I think, but still, black moves his bishop twice, only to trade it for knight

Here black takes the knight and enables white to develop his queen, giving him some tempo (although I am not sure, if this is a desired position for queen)

That's at least how I understand it. However, I frequently see these or similar moves being played, so I'm sure there is some purpose for it. I don't know what purpose though. Thanks in advance and sorry for my poor english

dennis9989

Oct 19, 2020

Well, tempo don’t really matters in the openings, but they are important in the endgame. And still, you have only 1 tempo more than black, and you need several tempo to complete development.