This video will change the way YOU think about Piece EXCHANGES!

February 23, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Pieces exchanges in chess are more crucial than you think. In some cases, it can even cost you a game! In this video lesson, IM Asaf Givon gives you a couple of examples, one from a Grandmaster’s game, explaining how a bad exchange of pieces could be extremely bad to your position. Getting a strategically losing position after some bad piece exchanges can be even more painful than a position in which you are down in material, say a pawn or even a piece down.

In the complete course “Exchange Pieces like a Pro”, IM Asaf Givon explains how to make decisions in exchanging the pieces, how to isolate the opponent’s bad pieces and how to create weaknesses. Find more details about the course and get it now – https://goo.gl/wzqt6P

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