00:00Doesn't work because I simply take on a8 and there's no rook on a8
00:06protecting
00:07this square and it's simply made.
00:10So by exchanging these rooks,
00:16I weakened his defense on his last rank and
00:22force him to lose the material and to resign.
00:25It's simple, but it's a very important thing to learn.
00:31Exchanging pieces doesn't always mean that position will remain equal because you can always get an advantage or to be at a disadvantage position if
00:42you are not aware about
00:44dangers that could be caused by the exchange
00:49suggested by your opponent.
00:55And now we can look at a few studies
01:01Just to show how it works in the endgame when exchanging pieces could lead to
01:09a decisive advantage for one side or
01:12to be a
01:14defensive mechanism to save the game that looks otherwise desperate. Here we have a first study and
01:21It's an endgame. White has an extra piece, but our pawn
01:26is under attack and our knight is under attack at the attack.
01:32In the middle game or the opening you definitely have to pay attention to this threat because knight is more valuable than a pawn.
01:41But we're in the endgame. So protecting the knight doesn't do us any good if we protect the knight and black takes the pawn
01:47That's a theoretically drawn position. Rook and knight cannot win against a lone rook
01:53So but how can we
01:56Benefit from keeping this pawn alive because it's not simply
