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3 Minor pieces vs a queen Who wins?

ChessStrategy
3 minor pieces equals 9 points of material... But so does a queen. Which is better?

https://adjva4.dpdns.org/study/5rA8oCzp/kxuYs29w#0

This is a game OTB when i was not that good at chess (as you can see there were blunders).
Now after axb5, how would you evaluate the position? should you take the pawn on d6? who is better?

The answer is that its actually fairly equal. Even if you take the pawn on d6, black gets some time to get some counterplay with h5

Out of this game, we learned that queens love targeting weaknesses and the 3 pieces want to coordinate and defend their weaknesses very well
Lets look at the next position

https://adjva4.dpdns.org/study/5rA8oCzp/2TGIqrM8#0

Out of this game, we saw how well the pieces coordinated and loved to attack, we also saw how they defended all their weaknesses

https://adjva4.dpdns.org/study/5rA8oCzp/f4jgOH7w#0

Out of this game we saw how queens love targeting weaknesses such as doubled pawns, isolated pawns, etc.

In summary

If your playing with the queen, try to spot for potential weaknesses of your opponent to target and make it hard for your opponent to coordinate their pieces well

If your playing with the 3 minor pieces, try to attack since you have more firepower, coordinate your pieces well, and defend your weaknesses

Thanks for reading my first blog :)