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Originally posted by 7ate9
i don't think it's good chess to come out just purposely to trade.

once more for the road:

it is, if, and only if, it leaves you with a better (relatively to your opponent's) position than not trading.

Originally posted by Nordlys
And I bet it didn't have anything to do with chess. Right?

How did you guess?

D

Originally posted by Ragnorak
How did you guess?

D

Judging you by my own standards. 😉

Originally posted by 7ate9
that trade is only a little part at the end of the game i quoted. bowman played some good chess in the parts leading up to that spot demolishing a player in the 2000 ratings.
i am interested in learning, but not how to build up gradual little advantages through trading pieces to win a game. i want to win other ways.

Good luck.

Originally posted by 7ate9
that trade is only a little part at the end of the game i quoted. bowman played some good chess in the parts leading up to that spot demolishing a player in the 2000 ratings.
i am interested in learning, but not how to build up gradual little advantages through trading pieces to win a game. i want to win other ways.

bowmann is bowmann. besides being a nitpick, he also knows how to play. don't let his rating here fool you.

players over 1600 don't usually go down with a loud bang. it takes slow constricting pressure, strangling like a boa, tightening your grip every breath the victim exhales. that's what the gradual little advantages are about.

Originally posted by 7ate9
i wasn't meaning it would be easy to win against a high rated player (which i consider to be around 1700). i was meaning it wouldn't be that hard to get a win proportional to how hard it would be otherwise.

Originally posted by 7ate9
look my point is i could go out and purposely try to trade off all my pieces with a high ranked player and get a draw. it ain't that hard.

Make up your mind - how do you expect us to argue with you? 😞