I forced the opponent’s queen to take the killing blow!
Today, I played a game where I managed to force the opponent to give up their queen at the beginning of the middle game! The queen is unambiguously the most powerful piece in the game of chess. Other than the king which by definition cannot be lost, it is the piece that we need to guard most carefully given its value. Thus, I cannot help but feel an devilish sense of glee when I successful execute a clever tactic to force the opponent to lose their queen as I did in this game.
My opponent’s highly committal push with their c-pawn to c5 in the Caro-Kann opening was an error, leading to a long-term weakness on the light-squared diagonal on the queenside attacking the king. This is one of the risks with pushing pawns too early. They can only move forwards so every additional step might leave positional weaknesses behind.
I hope you enjoyed this video, and thanks for watching!
Originally published: https://adventuresofachessnoob.com/2022/01/21/i-forced-the-opponents-queen-to-take-the-killing-blow/
