11 Winning Trades

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WINNING 
TRADES
SUBCHAPTERS 
• Exchanging Favors One Side 
or the Other 
• Kasparov vs Adams, 1999
• Winning Trades in the Endgame
• Queen’s Endgame
• Challenge: A Winning Trades Study 
“I just want you to 
remember that in experi-
enced hands, a good trade 
could be a very powerful 
tool to advance your cause, 
to improve your position, 
and to cause sudden dam-
age for your opponent.” 
—Garry Kasparov
GARRY’S DOUBLE CHECK 
• “As with pawn moves, captures cannot be undone and so 
should be given extra consideration. Always consider what you 
are gaining and what you are giving up with every potential 
trade. Seeking exchanges without clear motives is just as bad 
as avoiding exchanges without purpose.”
LEARN MORE 
• English Grandmaster Mickey Adams has been England’s top 
player for two decades. Although he never reached a World 
Championship match like his countryman Nigel Short, who 
faced Garry in 1993, Adams boasts a stellar tournament and 
league career.
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ADDITIONAL POSITIONS 
 
Trading pieces doesn’t mean simply swapping pieces of equal 
value. Exchanging pieces almost always favors one side or the 
other. Especially in the endgame, exchanging pieces can create a 
decisive advantage—or saving a game that appears hopeless.
 
White clearly would love to have the rooks gone from the board, 
AND create a second passed pawn. He can do this with 1. Rg8+ 
Kb7 2. Rg7 and since Black has to trade rooks with 2...Rxg7 then 3. 
hxg7 and White promotes easily.
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PRACTICE POSITIONS 
Now you try!
1 . )
2 . )
White to move
 White to move
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PRACTICE POSITIONS 
3 . )
4 . )
Black to move
White to move
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PRACTICE POSITIONS 
5 . )
Kasparov-Vukic – Milan, 1980. White to move
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