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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov will teach you one of the most crucial chess strategies: how and when to exchange your pieces.

You’ll discover different scenarios where it's beneficial to exchange pieces, understand favorable vs. unfavorable exchanges, learn how to gain a material advantage through exchanges, avoid unnecessary material loss, and easily calculate these situations.

GM Smirnov will begin by explaining the foundational ideas behind exchanging pieces, and then gradually introduce advanced examples with complex exchange sequences where multiple pieces are involved.

Moreover, you'll learn about the most common mistakes players make during exchanges, so you can avoid them—and capitalize on your opponents' errors when they make these blunders.

Finally, this lesson will help you understand the strategic value of pieces, especially how the King's role shifts in the endgame, and how to effectively use your King when it matters the most.

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► Chapters

00:00 Chess Strategy: When to trade pieces and when to avoid exchanges?
00:15 Basic Concept: Value of chess pieces
01:34 Evaluating chess position based on value of pieces
03:00 1a) Winning material using TACTICS
04:17 1b) Winning material by ATTACKING
04:45 2) Attackers vs Defenders
05:49 3) Easy calculation tip for exchanging pieces
08:12 4) Offense is the best defense
09:14 5) King's value in ENDGAME

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[parryflame]

Dear GM Igor,

Thanks so much for your insightful videos and guidance. I truly enjoy your content after all these years. Love your sharing and insights that many players around the world, whichever level they may be, we all can learn a lot from you.

Thank you for doing what you’ve been doing for the past many years, and I look forward to more of your content!

Much love and support from Singapore!

[MIDGETARELOW]

Would love to see a video where you explain how you think and play a move and your thought process❤

[Crelids]

Thanks for the video. I enjoy the speed at which you explain things. Look forward to the next!

[yourfriend]

Those 12 minutes passed super fast. Amazing video mr Igor as always❤

[GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters

00:00 Chess Strategy: When to trade pieces and when to avoid exchanges?
00:15 Basic Concept: Value of chess pieces
01:34 Evaluating chess position based on value of pieces
03:00 1a) Winning material using TACTICS
04:17 1b) Winning material by ATTACKING
04:45 2) Attackers vs Defenders
05:49 3) Easy calculation tip for exchanging pieces
08:12 4) Offense is the best defense
09:14 5) King's value in ENDGAME

[JeslinJeslin-ymse]

I wanna more strategy videos please make it i am waiting

[mayankthakur]

sir can you make a video about the caro kann gurgenitze #suggestion

[bronzedragon]

Hey, I got a suggestion for a video if that's okay. I'm good with openings and getting a good position, but it's hard for me to find attacking plans. Could you do a video on how to find plans of attacks? Right now I just get good positions and react to my opponent's attacks, and since I'm a 1300-1400 player I end up just maintaining my defense until one of us blunders a piece.

[arifariffulislam]

4:58 pushing is good move cause the bishop or knight can't take and then you can push it again to fork

[Letsdotheprocedure]

The best chess teacher I almost win at chess tournament in school

[vatankhanuja]

This one was the most needed video for me thanks 🙏🏻

[rich]

5:25 ugh.. I CANNOT tell u how many calculations I blunder becuase I will count MY advancing Pawn as one of the defenders of the square.. (it's not 🥴)

[Zairrrr]

What if they take your knight with pawn

[АминГлоба]

Сколько лет ты уже занимаешься трейдингом?

[alphagoresnorkel]

"There's three ways to win; be first, be smart, or cheat. ... And it's just a whole lot easier to be first" -- Jeremy Irons (Margin Call)

[cedricreinelopez]

Busch gass gambit aint that bad if you know theory for black

[pieromarkuzovich]

I'll never be good as i don't give a damn to my opponent moves. It's like I'm playing my own game of little soldiers