The way I threw queens away one might think I was trying to stay under 1500 to enter these tournaments-- trust me not the case.  However, there is a new <1500 starting called reg reg-- only three out of 12 joined when i last checked.

i 2 don't mind playing with out my queen i find it frees up the game a bit ...also i can only dream of getting anywhere near a 1500 on my form ...lol

I can get to 1500+, have done so 3 times, the problem is staying there.  Seems I choke when I see that number on the screen and then lose 6 or 7 games in a row to bring my ranking near 1400.  Regarding queens, I love playing without a queen assuming you don't have a queen.  Don't try to trsade queens with me unless you truly want to trade queens because I'll trade almost everytime....Jake

lol

I once won when I took off my queen and rooks.