Quote Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
Hmmm. I was so caught up in simply calculating casualties I really failed to adequately consider the positional advantage that "trade" gave you. What was that worth? Half a move, or so?
A bit more actually, the white pawn took 3 moves to capture a pawn that had been moved once.

Tempered by the extra move black's knight had to make towards freedom.

So,
What now?

W.