Originally posted by ChessJester well sometimes, if you recapture you will lose even more material... it depends completley on the position, but recapturing can sometimes weaken other squares which can then be occupied, called a decoy tactic
Originally posted by masscat I didn't know that! Thanks.
no problem, I was reading about it last night in my winning chess tactics book... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(chess) there is a good example of a decoy!
Originally posted by Evey Hammond Whenever an opponent takes one of my pieces, I feel compelled to capture one of their own. But I'm certainly finding out it's not always the best move.
Sometimes you have to lose the battle to win the war.
Originally posted by ChessJester well sometimes, if you recapture you will lose even more material... it depends completley on the position, but recapturing can sometimes weaken other squares which can then be occupied, called a decoy tactic
Yes! The decoy tactic intrigues me greatly. I always played chess strictly for fun...but now I really want to learn more strategies. I feel overwhelmed by such things as the Dutch/Sicilian/French Defense, Rubinstein's tactics...etc. 🙂