There isn't one, if the position doesn't call for it. You have to decide which trades help you, and which hurt you. It's always changing :).
what's the benefit of trading pieces with opponent?
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If you're ahead material you should try to trade in order to simplify the position and your advantage. If you are down material you should try to avoid trading your remaining pieces.
Another reason to trade is to try to end up a minor piece that's superior to your opponents. This requires an understanding of how minor pieces work in differnt positions.
oh alright...what about castling?i've heard my fellow talk about how important castling is but i've once did castling and end up being checkmated just in a few steps.and is it really neccessary for us to do castling as soon as possible?
newagemysterio wrote:
oh alright...what about castling?i've heard my fellow talk about how important castling is but i've once did castling and end up being checkmated just in a few steps.and is it really neccessary for us to do castling as soon as possible?
Don't castle into a mess...
Castling is important if the centre is going to open up. If you don't castle your opponent will crash through and checkmate you.
Jul 21, 2009
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One circumstance/reason for trading pieces:
At the risk of a horrible oversimplification, let's say that I get up a rook, early in the game. But at this moment, all the other pieces are still there. Counting up just the piece artillery, I have 21 points (Q, 2R, 2B, 2N) to my opponent's 16 points (Q, 1R, 2B, 2N) - clearly an edge, but my opponent has plenty enough material to mate me or carry out a convincing attack.
Let's say I am able to trade off evenly all his pieces, leaving me with a rook to his totally empty piece armory. Other things equal, I win ... he has little or no attacking and mating promise.
This is my favorite situation in which to trade material.
what's the benefit of trading pieces with opponent?