How often do you sacrifice pieces when given the opportunity?
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Aug 28, 2022
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Their are many exceptions but the point value of all those pieces are accurate. At your rating just focus on to try and not blunder pieces and to jot exchange a higher point piece for a lower one.
NMRhino wrote:
Their are many exceptions but the point value of all those pieces are accurate. At your rating just focus on to try and not blunder pieces and to jot exchange a higher point piece for a lower one.
Thanks i will try my best. So close to 300.
It depends on what you mean by when given the opportunity? You mean when sacrificing a piece is a good move according to the engine? A lot of the time, but not always.
dude0812 wrote:
It depends on what you mean by when given the opportunity? You mean when sacrificing a piece is a good move according to the engine? A lot of the time, but not always.
Like say you see a piece on the opponents side that you can take, but you know if you take that piece, your opponent will take that piece of yours. I see heaps of these "opportunities" every game, but when the pieces or of equal value, i dont know if i should go for it or not, as a beginner.
Most common one is, taking a pawn and having your pawn taken right after
Aug 28, 2022
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To answer the question when to trade Queens consider: If you're ahead on points. If your opponent's Queen is more dangerous than yours. If the trade relieves pressure against you. If your opponent's King is safe, but yours isn't. If the trade leads to a calculated advantage for you. If you're behind on time. Sometimes the answers to these questions will conflict and you'll need to find the balance with your own judgement.
You could also apply the same principles to trading any piece of equal value.
davidkimchi wrote:
dude0812 wrote:
It depends on what you mean by when given the opportunity? You mean when sacrificing a piece is a good move according to the engine? A lot of the time, but not always.
Like say you see a piece on the opponents side that you can take, but you know if you take that piece, your opponent will take that piece of yours. I see heaps of these "opportunities" every game, but when the pieces or of equal value, i dont know if i should go for it or not, as a beginner.
Most common one is, taking a pawn and having your pawn taken right after
There was a great video by gotham when and when not to trade but in general
A)Trade when you can develop a piece/increase the activity of your pieces
B) When trading helps your pawn structure (when it undoubles your pawns, makes an open file, takes towards the center etc
C) Trade to win a tempo
D) Trade to relieve pressure
E) Trade when youre up material and vice versa (dont trade when youre down material)
F)In general you dont want to trade a bishop for a knight because bishops are slightly better. Another exception is 2 pieces for a rook and a pawn is loosing for the person with the who has 2 pieces and another bad trade is 1 pawn 1 rook and a bishop or knight for a queen because the queen zig zags everywhere. Though having 3 minor pieces well coordinated are much better than a queen and 1 bishop or knight is worth in general more than 3 pawns
I know theres lots of factors which determine whether a sacrifice is worth it, but generally, do you sacrifice pieces of equal value when given the chance? Or do you prefer to only sacrifice pieces when you are giving up a weaker piece?
Is this article below accurate?
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You’ll take some of your opponent’s pieces. Some of your pieces will be taken. You must figure out what is and isn’t a good swap. Use these points to figure out whether you’re making a good move if you’re going to lose one of them:
Queen: 9 points
Rook: 5 points
Bishop: 3 points
Knight: 3 points
Pawn: 1 point"
The reason why I ask is I was playing a lot of games recently, and lots of times there was an opportunity to trade queens for queens, and i didn't know if its a good idea to trade queens early on or any other pieces