Do you prefer having the white or black pieces here

«A pair of active bishops is frequently adequate compensation for a pawn - or even the exchange in a middlegame position»

«Adding the better cooperation of the rook with the bishops, many Soviet theoreticians believed that, in active positions, rook and two bishops outperform two rooks and a knight.»

The last quip make totally sense in this position. So it looks like the Soviet masters were right. In active positions with no outpost for the knight, a pair of active bishops can compensate for the loss of the exchange. Phenomenal.

White slighty better

1 plus

Hmm If black sacrfice rook draw position

White or black in this position ?

RBB is often sufficient compensation against QN. But normally RBB need one pawn to equalize the queen knight duo.

#15 Black should win this with best play from both sides. The queen is so much stronger than rook + bishop.

@tpr It is painfully obvious from your posts that you just look at the computer evaluation then comment what it says, hence why you keep saying "with best play".

@cheddarman1 It is painfully obvious from your posts that you do not know what you are talking about. A computer evaluation is worthless: some drawn positions give a positive evaluation. I have analysed the position as if it were an adjourned game. The qualification "with best play" means that in practical play both sides can make mistakes.

In the last position one of black's knight is redundant and one of white rooks. So if we remove c4 for c6 and e8 for a1 we got RBB vs QN. Normally this is stronger for the QN duo about a pawn. So black is better but that doesn't mean black will win by itself in a human game.

In a human game with strong opponents and long time control and barring gross blunders black should always win #15. The method is exactly what you suggest: trade off everything but keep at least one pawn for the win.