WEBVTT 00:02.930 --> 00:12.020 Hi there in this lecture, we are winning just by one -- won't be a great move in this position. 00:12.680 --> 00:23.780 You think do you think, for example, moving the -- would be good or can we actually try an exchange 00:23.780 --> 00:25.310 of queens or do we just move? 00:25.310 --> 00:31.190 The king won't be a good practical move here, in your view, if I give you five seconds to think about 00:31.190 --> 00:31.460 this. 00:36.610 --> 00:42.880 To pause the video, not five seconds, you can spend more than five seconds, five seconds for the 00:42.880 --> 00:43.190 video. 00:43.630 --> 00:46.930 OK, so in general and here's a general principle for you. 00:46.930 --> 00:48.130 So it's not just this position. 00:48.130 --> 00:52.990 This applies to a vast, you know, amount of different positions where you're winning in general. 00:54.010 --> 01:01.840 When you're winning, you want to exchange pieces, not pawns that will maximize your winning probability 01:01.840 --> 01:07.170 and end game because Pawns, Pawns can become queens if you have passports available. 01:07.630 --> 01:13.280 And here we do have a dangerous as called upon Pompeya as a passport. 01:13.690 --> 01:20.410 So in fact, if we can trade off Queens, we can simplify like simplifying a mathematical equation and 01:20.410 --> 01:22.840 make sure that this pawn is actually winning. 01:22.840 --> 01:26.710 On this occasion, we can play a move like this, this or this. 01:27.250 --> 01:30.910 Either of those free actually will force the queens off. 01:33.880 --> 01:41.500 So say they take the queen, we've simplified and we've amplified our advantage without any without 01:41.500 --> 01:47.410 as much fuss, without as much complexity, complexity, literally, like simplifying a mathematical 01:48.310 --> 01:55.930 formula, you know, factoring our complexity and here where we can just push our pawn on this occasion 01:56.320 --> 02:00.630 and queen and we have a position where we can win now. 02:01.900 --> 02:09.940 So the general rule when winning is to trade off pieces, not pawns. 02:10.390 --> 02:13.300 It's to do of winning probability and end games. 02:14.230 --> 02:16.210 So, yeah, it's like the middle game. 02:16.210 --> 02:18.040 You're looking at, you know, games. 02:19.910 --> 02:26.480 So in beginner courses in general, you know, we talk about the opening phase, the mental game phase, 02:26.690 --> 02:35.480 the ongoing phase, but when we talk about good exchanges, we have to look ahead to end games and think, 02:35.480 --> 02:39.470 well, you know, if we have a few hospitals around, it's going to be easier to win. 02:39.950 --> 02:42.640 But we don't want the hassle of the opponent's pieces. 02:43.190 --> 02:46.840 So, you know, say we get the hassle of the opponents pieces of A7. 02:47.150 --> 02:49.040 You know, they could keep checking us. 02:49.590 --> 02:51.680 You know, there'll be a lot of hassle there. 02:51.690 --> 02:52.880 Definitely be more hassle. 02:53.150 --> 02:58.450 I mean, maybe we could win in the end, but they'd be more hassle, more complications, more counterplay. 02:58.850 --> 03:01.660 We want to reduce the opponents counterplay in general. 03:02.420 --> 03:04.400 That's what the professionals generally refer to. 03:04.400 --> 03:09.980 You know, you want to minimize counterplay so we can do that by simplification, sometimes brutal simplification. 03:10.220 --> 03:16.060 Just get the queens off when you're winning or, you know, terro off in general could be rocks at night, 03:16.280 --> 03:18.380 but Tyroon but not pawns in general. 03:18.710 --> 03:22.190 As a general rule, there are always exceptions to the rule. 03:22.190 --> 03:27.320 But as a general rule, you want to exchange pieces when you're winning, not pawns. 03:27.830 --> 03:35.810 OK, so I hope you consider that a coin exchange would be favorable to you to simplify it, a more easily 03:35.810 --> 03:36.970 won position. 03:37.460 --> 03:39.200 OK, that's a much.