first time I played against wayward queen/parham
Exploiting Opening Blunders
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hahah, geez. it was just an EXAMPLE to get the ball rolling. How about you just add to it, so other people can learn
the user gambitknight shared with me this nice little example from 2)....f6 in the kings gambit:
I actually ran into this blunder by my opponent the other day, and didn't capitalize on his mistake. I still won the game, but it could have been a heck of a lot easier. Hence, why I wanted to get this thread started
The two move check-mate. I don't think it's ever played in competitions but good to know!
good but bad
I am pretty low rated in my 10min. or less games. but I run into this opening blunder every so often. It usually occurs when playing new to chess/chess.com players.
Hello
New to the forums here. Today as black I played an interesting opening:
1. e4 Nc6
2. d4 b5
It appears a bit foolish. Not only did I sacrifice the first pawn I advanced, I also put my knight in a seemingly precarious position. I lost a tempo or two yet ended up with a dominant control of the center against a player rated quite better than me. Is anyone familiar with this gambit of mine or have thoughts on whether or not it was wise?
Here's also another trap I like to spring on occasion.
This is a nice example in the Morra Gambit.
Umm... that "Monticelli Trap" at post #12 is known to be rather harmless after 13...Nc6 since many years ago- actually since Euwe- Capablanca, Amsterdam 1931.
Just wanted to expound on IM pfren's comment on the Monticello trap. So you can get a visual, Nc6 prevents the queen from taking on a7 and the rook is actually attacking the queen. It seems to be a trap more for black than for white. I would like to play it as a black player but I don't use the Indian defenses.
Black laughs because he won the queen.
How? The Queen is not lost (can escape via b7/a6).
But Black will win the d4 pawn, and have excellent compensation for the exchange. All that is known since the above Euwe-Capablanca game, and modern practice and computer analysis has just confirmed that Black is in good shape.
Didn't see escape square on b7. Thanks for pointing that out. Most of the time a bishop is there on c8.
White's king gets chased around and loses privilege to castle. I think I'd rather a safe king than an extra exchange up.
newengland7 wrote:
White's king gets chased around and loses privilege to castle. I think I'd rather a safe king than an extra exchange up.
The position is complex, and requires accuracy from both sides. Actually the games I have available in my database are 27, and the result is +9 -6 =12. Excluding games where one of the players is rated under 2200, we have +5 -5 =4, which can be translated "rather balanced, and not really drawish".
Hey everyone,
I thought it might be cool to get a thread going where everyone posts an example of some early opening blunders they have seen, and how to capitalize on your opponents mistakes when you see them. Just list the opening, and then add your diagram!
Queen's Gambit: