Should we trade Queens or should we not?

To trade a Queen is a bit complex you need to understand that if you are down any points the main objective is not to trade you, queen, especially if she is one of your last defenses against the enemy. Do NOT TRADE YOUR QUEEN IF YOU ARE DOWN. If you are up only trade your queen if you can be the last piece to take. This is important if you want to have some sense of power in the chess game so please take this advice and use it to your best advantage in your games.

Thanks for reading

-RoxyFisher

I have no idea what that is supposed to mean.

if you can be the last to take a piece like queen takes queen then i take with knight then they take with rook and I take with bishop no more pieces can take so I was the last to take a piece. 

see in that white was the last person to take so that is good

that is what I meant you got to be the last to take

that was just to show how you got to take last just an example not that anyone would blunder their queen like that there are just no more pieces to take..

As with most generalities it pays to decide when you get there.

Here it's a good idea

Here it's a bad idea

But other things being equal, you're probably right whether or not you're last to take. E.g. here it would also be a good idea

There again, here it wouldn't

nor here

The opening post of this topic makes no sense. It is true that you commonly do not exchange queens when you are down on material but that is true for all piece exchanges. Also, generalities are dangerous as illustrated by MARattigans examples.

When you are looking for reasons to specifically exchange or not exchange queens, these are more to the point though they remain generalities:

• the queen is dangerous to kings; exchange when the danger for your king is much greater than for the opponents king.
• exchange to eliminate complications, e.g. when you are in time trouble or you know your opponent as a superior tactician.
• exchange when your opponents queen coordinates better with his pieces than your queen with yours. For instance, Q+N is "generally" better in an endgame than Q+B and you may prefer to play with the bishop on its own.

But the most important generality for exchanges is this one: Never look at what you exchange, only look at what remains. I "exchange" my queen for a rook if it gives my pawns a free ride to the other side!

All you need to do is just be somebody's ghost and push the wood

cool but this is a matter that is kind of out of somebody's hands.