17 Dec '08 20:48>
I should really know this, but is it really worthwhile ever exchanging a bishop and knight for a rook in the opening gme? I would really appreciate some advice.
Originally posted by 29inchlegsAlmost never - particularly in the opening. The reason is that rooks usually only become active towards the end of the middlegame while the minor pieces are active from very early on in the game. Thus, effectively you wind up playing nearly half the game down two active pieces. Of course, there are exceptions ....
I should really know this, but is it really worthwhile ever exchanging a bishop and knight for a rook in the opening gme? I would really appreciate some advice.
Originally posted by buffalobillOK, play it out, then take the benefit from the Rook!
Almost never - particularly in the opening. The reason is that rooks usually only become active towards the end of the middlegame while the minor pieces are active from very early on in the game. Thus, effectively you wind up playing nearly half the game down two active pieces. Of course, there are exceptions ....
Originally posted by 29inchlegsIt is usually not worth giving 2 minor pieces for a rook, except sometimes in an endgame. Even a rook and a pawn for 2 minor pieces is usually a bad deal in the opening and middle game.
I should really know this, but is it really worthwhile ever exchanging a bishop and knight for a rook in the opening gme? I would really appreciate some advice.
Originally posted by greenpawn34nice carokann idea 🙂
In the first 10-15 moves the Knights and Bishops rule.
I would not swap one of these minor for a scaffy Rook in the first
quarter of a game.
There are many (and I mean many) opening traps where one player
wins the exchange (Bishop or Knight taking a Rook) and then
coming a cropper.
This is usually because the time wasted to capture the undeve ...[text shortened]...
the opening. And giving up both Knight & Bishop for a Rook is
90% of the time bad...very bad.
Originally posted by 29inchlegspeople, you should have checked out if he was actually ASKING FOR HELP, BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS LOSER DID.
I should really know this, but is it really worthwhile ever exchanging a bishop and knight for a rook in the opening gme? I would really appreciate some advice.
Originally posted by diskamylInteresting dilemma, this is.
people, you should have checked out if he was actually [b]ASKING FOR HELP, BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS LOSER DID.
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Originally posted by diskamylWhat a stupid comment. The question was posed in a general form. If I asked if a particular openning was good and then chose to play that in my next game should I be banned? Of course not.
people, you should have checked out if he was actually [b]ASKING FOR HELP, BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS LOSER DID.
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