what's important 1rook or 1bishop+1knight

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RV01

Jul 13, 2017

i see some people trading their bishop and knight for a rook. is it wise to trade like that? because technically bishop+knight has 6 points while a rook has only 5.

Nimzowitsch2017

Jul 13, 2017

RV01 wrote:

i see some people trading their bishop and knight for a rook. is it wise to trade like that? because technically bishop+knight has 6 points while a rook has only 5.

Bishop and knight is most of the time better than even Rook and pawn