About Trades
The majority of contemporary players think that trades are generally good and essential. Some players are both chess masters and bughouse masters. But when going over one of their chess games they can explain the purpose of every trade they initiated. It is only in bughouse that they trade for the sake of trading. Sometimes chess masters who are inexperienced in bughouse trade because they would trade in speed chess and in speed chess they like to reach the ending. I wouldn't say that endings never happen in bughouse. A chess master should be able to win a won endgame in 30 seconds or less. My friend Ron call this the "Tournament Game strategy" So if he has these two advantages, he can have his partner sit while he wins. But if you don't have both of these advantages and your board is sparse, it is especially important to guard against checks and/or make sure trades come on your tempo. There are trades for defensive or offensive...