Answers.Body: <p>In addition to magd:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>The good bishop has been traded for a knight (and not a bad bishop!)</li>
  <li>The white bishop pair at the moment largely stares at pawns.
  Thus neither trading the bishop or the bishop pair is that
  bad in this position. White has a solid space advantage due
  to the trade, though, which I count higher. I would suggest
  the following standard experiment:</li>
  <li>Replace Be2 by a Ne2, identical advantage.</li>
  <li>Replace Bc1 by a Nc1, tiny advantage.</li>
  <li>Replace both B by N, tiny advantage.</li>
  <li>Replace bad Bf8 by Nf8, identical advantage.</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Evidently Bc1 is White's best minor piece.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>That's your good bishop you just gave up (your central pawns are on the opposite colour square). Gives up the bishop pair for no reason and slightly improves White's pawns (more advanced).</p>
  
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Body: <p>After this move the module gives white a small edge. Why can it be considered a bad positional move for black? I'd like to know to improve my positional play.
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Comments.Text: Please add the position in the body of the question for users who can't or don't want to follow links out of SE.
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Comments.Text: You lost one move to move your own knight and you gave your opponent two-bishop advantage. In fact, you should have tried to achieve your opponent's position, move the bishop f8-e7, not c8-e6.
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Title: Why is Bxd5 a bad positional move?
ThreadText: # Why is Bxd5 a bad positional move?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-11-19)
  
  After this move the module gives white a small edge. Why can it be considered a bad positional move for black? I'd like to know to improve my positional play.
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  **Tags:** strategy, beginner
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Please add the position in the body of the question for users who can't or don't want to follow links out of SE.  
  > **username_2**: You lost one move to move your own knight and you gave your opponent two-bishop advantage. In fact, you should have tried to achieve your opponent's position, move the bishop f8-e7, not c8-e6.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2024-11-19. Score: 1
  
  In addition to username_4:
  
  * The good bishop has been traded for a knight (and not a bad bishop!)
  * The white bishop pair at the moment largely stares at pawns.
    Thus neither trading the bishop or the bishop pair is that
    bad in this position. White has a solid space advantage due
    to the trade, though, which I count higher. I would suggest
    the following standard experiment:
  * Replace Be2 by a Ne2, identical advantage.
  * Replace Bc1 by a Nc1, tiny advantage.
  * Replace both B by N, tiny advantage.
  * Replace bad Bf8 by Nf8, identical advantage.
  
  Evidently Bc1 is White's best minor piece.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2024-11-19. Score: 0
  
  That's your good bishop you just gave up (your central pawns are on the opposite colour square). Gives up the bishop pair for no reason and slightly improves White's pawns (more advanced).
  
  
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