It looks as if that in Chess960 there are positions where you can break one of the most enduring rule of chess opening theory:
Do not bring out your queen too early lest she comes needlessly under attack wasting time and handing developing moves to the opponent".
In Chess960, she can be brought out either in a quick attack (sometimes with the help of the knights) or simply to defend from unusually safe regions of the board. Please feel free to comment! Here is a classic example of black bringing the queen out simply for the role of finding a safe long term region of the board where the queen can act in defense but also to indirectly tempt white to break up the harmony of the position.
In this following example, black takes a defensive mentality but with a strong counter attacking approach ready to pounce if white makes the slightest innaccuracy. Bear in mind that black's bishops are honing down on black's queenside so you cannot blame black for trying the following idea:
If you play through the other lines you quickly realise that it is indeed true. The queen can spend long periods of time hovering around the a6-a5-b5-a4 squares pestering white's position and preparing a possible strong counterattack if white makes the slightest error, despite that optically she looks like she could get trapped. She is immune except for QxQ variations. In the particular main variation shown above, black has strong pawn defensive moves ...f6 and ...c5 which counter any kingside attack or centre attack that white can quickly prepare. White may gain the long h1a8 diagonal but black's thesis is that it will be of no use. Meanwhile black's knight's are lurking around hanging back waiting to join forces with the queen on a counter attack on the king....
The point is that she can get out early, head for an advanced safe position and stay there, acting like an annoying magnet disturbing white's equilibrium and preparing for a possible counter attack. The only question in my mind is whether in the long run the commitment of her to this small region of the board long term, will weaken the kingside excessively. From my initial impressions, it doesn't look like it!
It looks as if that in Chess960 there are positions where you can break one of the most enduring rule of chess opening theory:
Do not bring out your queen too early lest she comes needlessly under attack wasting time and handing developing moves to the opponent".
In Chess960, she can be brought out either in a quick attack (sometimes with the help of the knights) or simply to defend from unusually safe regions of the board. Please feel free to comment! Here is a classic example of black bringing the queen out simply for the role of finding a safe long term region of the board where the queen can act in defense but also to indirectly tempt white to break up the harmony of the position.
In this following example, black takes a defensive mentality but with a strong counter attacking approach ready to pounce if white makes the slightest innaccuracy. Bear in mind that black's bishops are honing down on black's queenside so you cannot blame black for trying the following idea:
If you play through the other lines you quickly realise that it is indeed true. The queen can spend long periods of time hovering around the a6-a5-b5-a4 squares pestering white's position and preparing a possible strong counterattack if white makes the slightest error, despite that optically she looks like she could get trapped. She is immune except for QxQ variations. In the particular main variation shown above, black has strong pawn defensive moves ...f6 and ...c5 which counter any kingside attack or centre attack that white can quickly prepare. White may gain the long h1a8 diagonal but black's thesis is that it will be of no use. Meanwhile black's knight's are lurking around hanging back waiting to join forces with the queen on a counter attack on the king....
The point is that she can get out early, head for an advanced safe position and stay there, acting like an annoying magnet disturbing white's equilibrium and preparing for a possible counter attack. The only question in my mind is whether in the long run the commitment of her to this small region of the board long term, will weaken the kingside excessively. From my initial impressions, it doesn't look like it!
In Chess960, looks can be deceiving!
Cheers