Knight for rook
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Aug 27, 2024
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Heard around that it’s generally better to keep a really active knight that’s in the opponent’s position rather than trade it for an inactive rook if you get a chance. Is that true? Does it apply to bishops too? Does any chess piece being very active, tactically increase its value on the board?
Aug 27, 2024
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In most cases the rook is stronger than the knight. There are expections of course when so called exchange sacrifice (rook for bishop or kbight) is correct, but it never depends of only one piece, but on position of all pieces of both sides. Correct evaluation of exchange sacrifice requires good amount of experience.