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Strategic Decisions: When Should You Trade Queens? – LM Dana Mackenzie – ChessTerra.com

Strategic Decisions: When Should You Trade Queens? – LM Dana Mackenzie

July 23, 2014 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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To Trade Queens or not to Trade Queens?

Dana talks about preconceptions and then delves into how different types of ‘player’ have different types of flawed preconception and Dana classifies them as:

– The Wild Attacker — avoids Queen trades at all costs.

– The Timid Queen trader — Wants to trade queens at every opportunity.

Dana explains stronger players have superior Strategic Planning and this is the reason they win, not so much because they are better at tactics, and the moment of the Queen trade is critical in a Strategic framework and good players know the many factors about offering for or begging for Queen Trades.

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