Originally posted by Lord ErdrickPretty good logic.
When do you trade queens with your opponent? I generally only do it when I'm at either a material or a positional advantage. However, if I'm at a positional disadvantage but a material advantage, I won't. How about you?
However, it's the exact opposite if you're looking to trade wives.
Originally posted by Lord ErdrickIt's hard to say. Generally if I have a material advantage I will, and if I have a material disadvantage I won't. Otherwise I'll do it if I can get some other advantage out of it like doubling opponent's Pawns or something.
When do you trade queens with your opponent? I generally only do it when I'm at either a material or a positional advantage. However, if I'm at a positional disadvantage but a material advantage, I won't. How about you?
Originally posted by Frank Burns
I'll do it against stronger players as soon as I can. Preferrably if the material is even. I figure they will be able to use theirs better than I so why not get rid of their most potent weapon?
I'm probably nuts...
Actually, I am not afraid of exchanging queens early in the game (depending on the current position, of course). It actually simplifies the board and makes it easier for me to make a plan by utilising the other pieces.
Some people are so afraid of the queen exchange that they avoid it at all costs, shifting their queen around while their opponent gains a positional advantage.
Whether you exchange or not all depends on the position and there does not seem to be any specific rules about when to do so.
I do not trade queens if I am down a minor piece, but if I am, then I might. Most of the time, I trade Queens when my King is under a big amount of pressure because its under attack. If someone tries to trade queens with me vice versa in a situation like that, then I wouldn't trade.
Think you are all missing the point, I dont really follow rules on such things... I just trade queens if it seems the best thing to do.
Only time I may not follow this ideal is if I am losing and feel queens on has better swindling chances, but i still believe that would keep it inline with being the best move. (IMHO the 'best' move is not necessarily the one which fritz gives as giving the highest score).
If Im playing as white I play a bunch of exchanges in the first four moves with my opening which sometimes opens up the file between the queens and then I exchange queens and cause him to lose the ability to castle cause the king will haft to take back. So I exchange queens relatively early for no real apparent reason except for the whole not more castling for my opponent thing.
i trade queens under rare cirumstances
- in HEAVY material advantage (like a rook up on them) i seek to remove the queen and castles from the game through trades, they are just to threatening for a player like me (who still blunders alot) to let live when i can take them without any real repercussions aside from the loss of my own piece.
-or if they get my queen in a position such that i must trade it to prevent myself being put into a material disadvantage or positional disadvantage, the latter is sort of what im getting at in my next situation.
- if i must trade it to prevent me wasting a turn by moving it and in doing so it is the opponent that must spend a turn taking my queen. so if turns are becoming vital and my queen is undefended and then comes under threat by a defended queen, ill go for the trade.