In the middle game I would take the pieces unless I had strong open files against my opponents king I could dominate with the rook. In an endgame I would choose the rook hands down against N+B or N+N, B+B on the other hand would be preferable to a rook. Simply Knights suck in the endgame, and are not very useful in open positions where rooks and bishops dominate.
Do two minor pieces worth a rook?
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Pacifist46
King
I'm gonna go ahead and say black (and hope I'm not being stupid).
bathsheba666
Fast 'n Bulbous
Tomoyo
Fate
Speaking of two bishops versus a rook, I was wondering what you guys thought of the position after White's 33rd move here.
http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=16426274
The game itself isn't great (got distracted, got into time trouble, found myself in a d4 opening I didn't quite know how to play from the white side, more excuses, etc.) but when I was playing that game, I thought that I was almost dead lost at move 33, and if not for the black blunder near the end (or if he had played 39. Bb4+) I would have lost for sure, but now I'm just really unsure. The locked pawns aren't too conducive to the bishops except for those annoying mate threats he kept on getting.
http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=16426274
The game itself isn't great (got distracted, got into time trouble, found myself in a d4 opening I didn't quite know how to play from the white side, more excuses, etc.) but when I was playing that game, I thought that I was almost dead lost at move 33, and if not for the black blunder near the end (or if he had played 39. Bb4+) I would have lost for sure, but now I'm just really unsure. The locked pawns aren't too conducive to the bishops except for those annoying mate threats he kept on getting.
Perfection
The Great Head.
Crap I'd take a rook over a queen!
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