In a game of chess that is 4 moves into the opening would you rather?
Posted by: admin on January 19th, 2010
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Posted: Chess Opening Moves
Take opposing queen and subsequently lose a knight or would you take opposing rook and keep knight safe.
Kinght is worth 3 or 4 points. Rook woth 5 and the Queen 10. 10 minus 3 or 4 is more than 5, so the Queen would be worth more in exchange for the knight, than just taking the rook. So mathamatically it would be better to take the Queen.
Also positionally I assume the knight would take the rook in its home square which is not much of an advantage anyway.
So take the Queen everytime, and let the knight die a hero.
The QUEEN is much more valuable than keeping a knight and taking a rook. Take the QUEEN!
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Posted on January 19th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
If there are no complications and it’s just a straightforward Queen for Knight exchange then you should take it.
Losing a Rook for nothing is horrible, but rooks are usually not very effective attacking pieces in the openning. However, a Queen can do lots of damage if given the chance. All other things equal, it is highly likely that your opponent will not be able to recover from such a huge material loss unless you make a horrible error later on in the game.
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Posted on January 19th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
In the hands of someone who knows the value, and power of each piece, Queen vs Knight means nothing. It is just as easy to devastate and conquer with a Knight, even a Pawn, as it is with the Queen. The only true benefit to the presence of the Queen is that, when strategically placed, she can guard and protect, or threaten virtually any and every piece on the board at any given time. Whereas, all other pieces are limited in their scope of protection and/or threat, and will likely need back up pieces to accomplish these tasks.
So to answer your question, 4 moves into the game, if given the choice between taking the Queen & losing the Knight or Taking the Rook and keeping the Knight, I would take the Rook.
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Posted on January 19th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Kinght is worth 3 or 4 points. Rook woth 5 and the Queen 10. 10 minus 3 or 4 is more than 5, so the Queen would be worth more in exchange for the knight, than just taking the rook. So mathamatically it would be better to take the Queen.
Also positionally I assume the knight would take the rook in its home square which is not much of an advantage anyway.
So take the Queen everytime, and let the knight die a hero.
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Posted on January 19th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
here is the main question what ells are you willing to lose because i know a bunch of ways to get the queen out to take her. like the fools queen opining but any ways i would go for the queen.
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Posted on January 19th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Give up the knight for a queen!
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Posted on January 20th, 2010 at 12:17 am
As other answers have pointed out, a Queen for a Knight is a slightly larger material advantage than being ahead by a clear Rook. So, everything else being equal, capturing a Queen for Knight is better than capturing a Rook without loss.
However, in chess it’s always critical to take the resulting position into consideration. It’s easy to set up a position where capturing the Queen would lose the game, but taking the Rook would win. For example, consider the following position:
White: King on g1, pawns on f2, g2, h2, Queen on b7, Knight on e5
Black: King on g8, pawns on f7, g7, h7, Queen on g6, Rook on a8
In this position with White to move, White wins immediately with 1. Q:a8 checkmate. However, if White allows himself to be led astray by the chance to win the Black Queen for a Knight, then Black would be the one to force checkmate with 1. N:g6, Ra1+ 2. Qb1, R:b1 checkmate.
This is admittedly an extreme case, but it does show the importance of analysing the resulting position on the board rather than just relying on standard tables of the relative value of the pieces.
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Posted on January 20th, 2010 at 12:49 am
The answer, by US Chess rules, is to take the queen, sacrificing the knight. The queen is worth 9 pts, and the knight is worth 3, so, 9-3 = 6 pts net gain. The Rook is worth only 5 pts, so 6pts for taking the queen is better, and reduces material, bringing the game to an end sooner. However, it depends on the positions, as well. For example, if taking the rook will lead to a forced mate in 5-6 moves, then the taking the rook would be better.
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Posted on January 20th, 2010 at 1:24 am