Exchange (chess) to as a "recapture". Commonly, the word "exchange" is used when the pieces exchanged are of the same type or of about equal value, which is an "even exchange". According to chess tactics, a bishop and a knight are usually of about equal value. If the values of the pieces exchanged are not equal, then the player who captures the higher value of piece(s) can be said to be "up the exchange" or "wins the exchange", while the opponent who captures the lower value of piece(s) is "down the exchange" or "loses the exchange". Exchanges occur very frequently in chess,
Dubai Chess and Culture Club Dubai Chess and Culture Club Dubai Chess and Culture Club was established in 1979 as a part of the UAE Chess Federation, the governing body of chess in the UAE, and was officially recognized as an independent entity on May 16, 1981. The club's headquarters was acclaimed as the most modern and biggest dedicated chess club in the world when it was inaugurated on May 2, 1999. The building is designed in the shape of a rook, a piece in the game of chess. Some of the most notable members of the club include Saeed Ahmed Saeed, the UAE’s first