Exchanges and Undervalues

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23rd November 2008, 02:12am
#1
by migrated
Sydney Australia
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 149

Whenever I play my friends, my signature move is queen for queen early in the game, usually by move 10 or under. Is this a problem? Firstly, it puts my opponent off since they dont have a queen but I am fine with this. I undervalue queens a lot. Is this a good thing or should I change my tactics? My friends tend to steer away from using their queen early in the game since they know my signature move.

23rd November 2008, 10:46am
#2
by erikido23
United States
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 972

A signature move is always a problem.  This means you are not taking into account what the position is telling you you should do. 

 

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