Queen For Two Rooks

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Avatar of Flamma_Aquila

When is it a good idea for to trade your Queen for two Rooks? When isn't it a good idea? I've had the opportunity to do this a couple of times lately, and it always makes me nervous.

Avatar of EternalChess

I dont like doing this, unless its only a Rook and Rook and some pawns vs Queen and some pawns endgame..

But thats just my Oppinion

I had a simul game against an IM where he had a queen vs my 2 rooks but we ended up drawing.. If only i can find it.. Ill get back to you if i do.

Avatar of ChessNetwork

I think keeping the following in mind will help to answer both of your questions.

If you give up your queen for 2 rooks, be sure that you are able to maintain coordination between your pieces. 

Avatar of Shakaali
Gonnosuke wrote:
I've posted it many times before but it's so useful that it's worth reposting a link to Kaufman's groundbreaking study on material imbalance in chess

Thank you for posting this again. I had heard of these statistical studies before but never actually seen the article.

Avatar of AtahanT

Objectively and generally two rooks are mostly better then a queen unless you are unable to coordinate your rooks or the queen has unreasonable mobility and targets to attack because of overwhelming weaknesses.

So you need to look at the board. If the queen doesn't have targets, like weak pawns, your rooks will be better.

Avatar of Galaxy-Star

thankx

this move is useful when the king arrounded

Avatar of tigergutt

another thing i see hasnt been mentioned is the placement of your own king. if your king is available for your queen to check and stuff it will increase the queens worth alot in those positions

Avatar of wuzhe

both queen and rook have great mobility, when the queen is in the center with super mobility, and oppoent's rook are in the corner with very little mobility, then don't exchange the queen for both rooks, if the other way around, exchange the queen for both rooks

Avatar of orangehonda
wuzhe wrote:

both queen and rook have great mobility, when the queen is in the center with super mobility, and oppoent's rook are in the corner with very little mobility, then don't exchange the queen for both rooks, if the other way around, exchange the queen for both rooks


If one army has a mobile queen in the center when the opposing army has two immobile rooks in a corner there should be no way to initiate the trade in the first place...

Avatar of Unknowntheshadowlord

Well if you get the first rook and your pawn is on diagnol on the rank if where the rook takes the queen your pawn takes an promotes always is good.