When are Chess Trades Favorable?

NM Dan Heisman discusses how to decide if a chess trade is favorable. He uses several examples of normally "equal" trades, and addresses a GMs tongue-in-cheek suggestion that "there is no such thing as a fair trade"

This channel is    / danheismanchess   with over 340 videos covering all chess improvement topics! Check out our playlists at https://www.youtube.com/@danheismanch....

NM Dan Heisman has been a full-time chess instructor since 1996 and is the author of 13 chess books, the TV show "Q&A with Coach Heisman" on Chess.com and the radio show "Ask the Renaissance Man" on the Internet Chess Club. Radio personality Howard Stern was one of Dan's students. Dan tries to answer comments on YouTube but for a quicker, more comprehensive answer (or questions about lessons), contact Dan via email, skype, or phone via Dan's website www.danheisman.com. His Chess Tip of the Day is @danheisman on Twitter, which won the awards for "Best Twitter Feed" in 2021 and 2023 from the Chess Journalists of America. #Chess #ImproveChess #ChessInstruction #ChessThinking #ChessLesson #LearnChess #ChessImprove #ChessChoices #ChessDecisions #ChessPieces #ChessAnalysis #ChessTrading