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evilgm 28-Nov-11, 02:18	notes on moving the queen too early This note is especially here for the new chess players. It is often said that it is dangerous to move your queen too early. Take a look at a recent game I won against ilura for a case in point. Quick link to game here: game He brings out his queen on move 5, and then makes a second cardinal sin of moving the same piece twice on turn 6 (In retrospect I didn't make the best response on move 6, but he didn't move his queen to b6 to take advantage). He moves a pawn a second time on move 11, and afterwards the result is turn 14. I have great position, and all he has out is his queen. I am not saying I made the best moves, but consider strategic position. I am up a pawn and have two bishops bearing down on where he will likely castle. I am in a strong place. By moving his queen out too early and continuing to use it in his moves, he retards his development overall and leaves himself open to attack. He made it clear that he only knew how to use his queen, so I wanted to exchange them, and my next couple of moves were designed to force a queen exchange. He didn't want to exchange and missed a mate threat causing an early end to the game. Regardless, use this as a case in point to not move that queen too early, avoid double moves of a piece if you can help it, and take the early turns to develop as many of your pieces as possible.
chess4him 29-Nov-11, 19:28	An early Queen will need codeine! The pain of having your Queen chased over the board should be remedy enough, but those who profess its merits will need codeine! As I move towards higher ratings, I find it easy to be abused when I violate basic opening principles. I applaud your writing and thread EvilGM, or whatever your first name is, as this opening principle should be endowed.
ace_kyi 29-Nov-11, 19:50	I can fully agree with eviligm's statement. When I started playing chess I did not know how important the development was in chess openings until I read about the principles of development in Aaron Nizowitchz's classic book, " My System." We can compare the development in chess openings to our development as kids when we grow up as kids under the guidance of our parents. Within the limited amount of time we have to prepare and equip with necessary tools in early life so that we can face the challenges and difficulties that we will encounter in real life later. Our parents will not be with us forever int he rest of our lives. The analogy is simple. We have to be well prepared in both, as kids as well as in chess openings. You can read this all in " My System."
billdancourtney 30-Nov-11, 21:37	And sometimes we are the ones who make the fatal mistake Evilgm's example is an excellent case in point about early Queen action that worked towards his victory. I was not so lucky myself recently with this game: game I for one tend to leave my Queen behind until later in the game but here tried something different, to my chagrin. On hindsight I should have moved my knight on move 3 to d4 but I am new to the Sicilian defense and did not think it through long enough. I learned from the error I hope.

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