Piece trade
Selection of chess games featuring a player making a right piece trade for his advantage
trading passive black bishop for active white bishop!
1... Bh6 2.Bxh6 Qh4+
white improving his position by tading his blocked bishop with an active knight!
1.Bc2 f4 2.Bxc5
black is trading his weak bishops and keeps his 2 active knights for a victory!
1... Bxc4 2.dxc4 Ba5 3.Rf2 Bxd2 4.Rxd2 Kb8 5.Qf3 Qc7 6.Bf1 Nc8 7.g4 Nd6 8.Rg2 Qf7 9.Qe2 g6 10.fxg6 hxg6 11.Nf3 g5 12.Rf2 Qe6 13.Ne1 Rh6 14.b3 Qe7 15.Nd3 Ne8 16.Bg2 Nc7 17.Re1 Ne6 18.Rf5 Rdh8 19.h3 Nb4 20.Ref1 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Nf4 22.R5xf4 gxf4
white is making a right pieces trade to get an endgame with an active bishop and a passive enemy knight!
1.Qe3 Qxe3 2.fxe3 Bg4 3.a5 Nc8 4.Rc1 Bxf3 5.gxf3 Ne7 6.Nd5 Nc6 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.Rd7 Rab8 9.Kf2 Nxa5 10.Rcc7 Rbc8 11.Rxf7 Rxc7 12.Rxc7+ Kh8 13.Bd5 b5 14.b3 Rd8 15.Kg3 f5 16.Kh4 fxe4 17.fxe4 Rd6 18.Kh5 Rf6 19.h3 Rd6 20.h4 Rb6 21.Kg4 Rf6 22.Ra7 Rb6 23.Re7 Rd6 24.Rc7 Rf6 25.Ra7 Rb6 26.Rc7 Rd6 27.Kh5 Rb6 28.Bf7 Rf6 29.Bg6 Nxb3 30.Kxh6 Rf8 31.Rh7+ Kg8 32.Rg7+ Kh8 33.Bf7 Rxf7 34.Rxf7 Kg8 35.Kg6 Nd2 36.Rd7
White make a right queen trade and nothing can protect his pawns on the black squeres!
1.Bxe4 fxe4 2.g4 Bg6 3.Qc5 Qxc5 4.Bxc5