Is sacrificing Q for Q bad manners ?

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macer75
Optimissed wrote:

As an aside, if I'm only slightly ahead in material, for instance, by a pawn or two or the exchange, I usually find it a bad idea to deliberately trade off pieces. Instead, if possible one should continue to work out well-motivated attacking plans. In order to avoid them, the opponent will often have to trade pieces in a manner that further damages his position. There are exceptions to this but usually, the equivalent of 4 against 3 is stronger than 3 against 2, due to the extra possibilities afforded by the greater amount of material on the board.

I agree with not deliberately trading when you're up a pawn or the exchange, but when you're up by 2 pawns I'd say it's a good time to start trading pieces. Winning an endgame with 2 extra pawns is pretty easy (at least in my experience), a lot easier than winning with 1 extra pawn or a rook for a minor piece. And, if you manage to trade off all other pieces, K+2P vs K is always a win, while K+P vs K could be a draw depending on the position, and K+R vs K+B/K is pretty easy for the weaker side to defend and force a draw.

Adilbala

As many have said...it is not sacrifice but exchange..it is not illegal....it has nothing to do with manners...

SquareDealer

No fair trying to win.

Martin0

I think the killing happening in wars are quite bad. Why can't those who are white and black just have peace and agree to a draw without any blood spilt? Letting your queen get killed just to kill the enemy's queen sounds horrible. Are the rest of the army really going to follow a leader with orders like that?

Let's change the rules of chess to not let players capture pieces and remove the checkmate rule. That should solve this problem. Smile

trickynikki93
Martin0 wrote:

I think the killing happening in wars are quite bad. Why can't those who are white and black just have peace and agree to a draw without any blood spilt? Letting your queen get killed just to kill the enemy's queen sounds horrible. Are the rest of the army really going to follow a leader with orders like that?

Let's change the rules of chess to not let players capture pieces and remove the checkmate rule. That should solve this problem. 

I prefer blood on my battlefield. lol, jk jk.  I agree with you !!!