I have vegetas ? Want to trade <| sep |> Seems like a reasonable request <| sep |> Two issues with 1 . Ra 3 , one tactical and one strategical After 2 . bxa 3 Bxc 3 you will notice that the ' b ' file is now open for White , aiming at Black ' s queen . this means that they can parry the fork by inserting Bh 6 now not only we have a counterattack on Black ' s rook , but White has connected theirs , so if Black defends the one on f 8 , they can play Rab 1 and attack the queen . Either way , White will keep the material advantage with no big compensation . Even without the tactical resource above , 2 . bxa 3 is not forced and Black does not have a strong followup to his rook incursion after the simple Bd 2 defence , for example , the a 3 rook is misplaced and still attacked , so Black has simply to retreat that with a tempo loss and without any improvement to the position note that Qxb 2 will get the queen trapped