Winning Chess. How To Perfect Your: Attacking Play

: If you have the initiative, trading too many pieces can "dry out" the attack, leaving you without enough firepower to finish the game.

The "initiative" is the ability to make threats that your opponent cannot ignore, forcing them to spend time defending rather than developing their own plans. Winning Chess. How to Perfect Your Attacking Play

: A lone queen cannot deliver checkmate. A successful attack usually requires at least three coordinating pieces, such as a Queen-Bishop battery or rooks doubled on an open file. : If you have the initiative, trading too

An attack without a target is just "plan-less piece shuffling". : If you have the initiative