Annotated chess game: The Perils of Developing your Queen Too Early

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The Perils of Developing your Queen Too Early
jstevens1 (1779) vs. easy19 (2254)
Annotated by: jotheblackqueen (1200)
Chess opening: Centre game (C21)

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1. e4	Hi everyone! It's not just beginners who develop their queen too early in the opening, I got suckered into commiting that sin by committing another sin called Pawn Grabbing. You would think I would have learnt from my last game with him wouldn't you. Well, to be fair to myself, I was not facing a mid-game mating attack here and making it even easier (pardon the pun) for Master Freddy. Here we are talking about an opening called the Centre Game where the queen does come out early. I start off with the move 1. e4.



1... e5 2. d4	2. d4 - this move characterises the Centre Game. Black's usual reply is exd4 but Freddy tries an unusual gambit with 2. ......d5.
	2 comments no_genius (1909) on 02-Jan-10: why did you play the centre game? easy19 (1200) on 02-Jan-10: I think she played it because the Danish Gambit is a opening she is studying currently is also is much like the halasz gambit where i recently given here some information on..


2... d5 3. exd5 exd4 4. Qxd4	4. Qxd4?! - I think this is where I start to go wrong. This is where I bring out the queen too early in order to try and hold on to the gambit pawn. It is gonna backfire on me big time because Freddy gains some important tempi that will prove disastrous for yours truly.
	1 comment easy19 (1200) on 02-Jan-10: my move 2...d5 is actually in whites favor.. but the move 3. exd5 ain't and returns that favor.. . it should have been 3.dxe5 but by doing so i decided to make a inferior move again just to test out the response. so i moved 3...exd4 instead of Qxd5 this brings me to 4.Qxd4 well that is not the move that coursed you trouble. it is just the best move to play in that position.


4... Nf6 5. Nc3	5. Nc3 - now follows some sensible development but little do I know that I have already left it too late.



5... Nbd7 6. Bc4	6. Bc4 - developing to defend my d5 pawn at the same time.
	2 comments easy19 (1200) on 02-Jan-10: wel there it is the move that started the trouble you moved the wrong bishop to the wrong square. 6.Bc4 should have been either Bb5 or Be3 It is not very bad but it is just positional incorrect.. shr3 (1384) on 16-Feb-23: Bg5?


6... Bc5	6. ....... Bc5 - Glenda is now driven back - she goes to d1.
	1 comment easy19 (1200) on 02-Jan-10: yes d1 logical but to passive. You should have remembered what i told you in the game before.. keep making threads where i have to react on if you can. Qh4 pin disabling the knight and if castle great position for a attack or Qf4 disabling the queen and directing a power piece to the side where the action will be.


7. Qd1 O-O	7. ..... 0-0 - Freddy castles and threatens Re1+.



8. Bg5	8. Bg5 - I decide to pin the knight and have decided that if Freddy should give me Re8+ then I would respond with Nge2 blocking the check and I would then play 0-0 next move .....
	1 comment emtogsdia (1910) on 05-Jan-10: This is just simply a weak move. This is known as a "Bad" pin. We should all be familiar with "the Opera Game" which is a great example of a bad pin.


8... Re8+ 9. Nge2 Bxf2+	9. ...... Bxf2+!! - ...... but Freddy has a powerful move which scuppers my plans to castle for good. I decided to take the bishop. Freddy said at the time that Kf1 would have been the lesser evil. I would still be a pawn down and unable to castle but at least I would not be facing an attack quite so soon.
	1 comment easy19 (1200) on 02-Jan-10: the bishop sac should not have taken place if you moved something else then 9.Nge2 which i give a ? Be2 was more then sufficient and more logical.


10. Kxf2	10. Kxf2?? - see previous note - now I allow a devastating check on g4 which wins back the sacrificed bishop leaving me a pawn down but far far worse facing a powerful mating attack.
	2 comments black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 02-Jan-10: my favourate kind of sacrifice - one which wins back material immediatly and worsens the opponent's position easy19 (1200) on 02-Jan-10: Kf1 Kf1 Kf1 Kf1 Kf1 Nothing is for free wen you are playing chess players with a higher rating then yourself.. so taking down a free bishop at first sight must be removed from your action book. first look at the prize you pay extra note um what mating attack.. ?


10... Ng4+ 11. Ke1	11. Ke1 - on second thoughts would Kg1 been an improvement here?
	2 comments easy19 (1200) on 02-Jan-10: I think it is Kg1 is just a bit safer and creates just that bit of room you need on the center baseline emtogsdia (1910) on 05-Jan-10: Kg1 would be MUCH safer. Whites King is on a terrible square. Why would White self-pin his own Knight. Nothing about 11. Ke1 looks good. I would really like to know Whites reasoning for this move?


11... Qxg5	11. ..... Qxg5 - the Wicked Witch snaps off Fou Lenoir and comes into the attack. the storm clouds are gathering .......



12. Bb3	12. Bb3 - to protect c2 against a knight fork should the black knight come to e3.



12... Ne3 13. Qc1 Nxg2+	13. ...... Nxg2+ - now another pawn drops off but worse still Henry is now completely exposed and at Freddy's mercy (now everyone, do you think the word mercy is in Freddy's vocabulary though? I don't)
	3 comments easy19 (1200) on 02-Jan-10: Causality! Action, reaction. Cause and effect. there is no room for mercy black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 02-Jan-10: oh, I don't know, maybe...in one of my two Traxler games with him, he mated me in 4 when he could have mated me in 3 EDIT; @ nuntar; by the look of it, that's the only kind of mercy you're gonna get from Freddy! lol nuntar (1702) on 01-Jan-11: And you call that mercy?


14. Kd1 Ne3+ 15. Ke1	15. Ke1 - Henry moves back to e1 - g1 is now not an option because the file is completely open to the Wicked Witch. I know I should have put Henry on g1 but then I would be effectively a whole rook down because of the rook shut in on h1. Still, I suppose there are other ways to develop a rook. Henry would have lived a lot longer though.
	1 comment easy19 (1200) on 02-Jan-10: well henry would have lived much longer if you moved 14.Kf2 instead of 14.Kd1


15... Ne5 16. Ng3	16. Ng3 - a feeble attempt to try and block out the Wicked Witch but she moves serenely to f4.



16... Qf4 17. Ke2	17. Ke2 - this move allows #2 but Henry is doomed whatever I do.



17... Bg4+ 18. Kd2	18. Kd2 - if Ke1 then Ng2 is mate, but now Freddy can also move his knight to g2 delivering a discovered mate. Aaah, I have just signed up for Fatcat's Four Pawns Attack Mini-tournament and you guys participating in it must be licking your lips because you may have a far easier job to earn yourselves big rating points than you think!



18... Ng2#
	1 comment 4erkez (1200) on 02-May-11: I like your explainin style, very interesting and funny. classy game by the way.