TOP CHESS OPENINGS: Wayward Queen Attack: Bongcloud Gambit

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This is for all you players who are complaining about those WQA players
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I have posted this before, but I feel a new generation needs to know about this powerful gambit. Although it is most effective OTB, you can try it online as well
Now, before you start your scoffs and scorns, here's why this gambit is so powerful, especially among higher-rated players:
Chess, as we all know, is 10% skill and 90% mindset. GM's lose all the time, not because they're bad, but because they feel inferior to their opponent, and that clouds their judgment. This gambit

places your opponent in a situation where they have two choices:

1. Take the free win, decline the gambit, accept the disrespect, and lose all chess street credence.

2. Continue to play on, accepting the gambit. This will have shaken them, though, they'll feel they'll never know what you're going to play next, and that mindset will be their downfall.

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Now, when playing this gambit, there are some very important rules you must follow. 

After placing the king in that vulnerable position, slowly look up from the board with an angry and challenging look in your eye.

Make eye contact with your opponent for exactly 6.59 seconds, and then mouth (Don't whisper or make any noise, just mouth it) "Do it. I dare you"

Sustain eye contact for another 3.6 seconds, then sit down and cross your arms and act like you didn't just make the most balls-ey move in chess history.

Every time I've used this tactic OTB, it worked for me, and I even used it once in an online game!

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Cool what is wqa mean what is a wqa player?

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Wayward Queen Attack

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People complain about those players all the time so I thought it was time I made a counter to that opening

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If I can get enough people to start playing it, WQA players will become very rare

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Why is this actually genius. Dude this is playing 5D chess.

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Six_Pack_Of_Flabs wrote:

If I can get enough people to start playing it, WQA players will become very rare

I am a wqa player

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Usernameisere wrote:
Six_Pack_Of_Flabs wrote:

If I can get enough people to start playing it, WQA players will become very rare

I am a wqa player

Aren't you tired of having stockfish yell at you every single time you do a game review. You should learn new openings or you might lose to the almighty Wayward Queen Attack, Bongcloud Gambit.

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Trap in the declined variation fool proof
1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Ke7 3. Ke2 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Qh6 Nxe4 6. h4 g6 7. Nh3 Bxh6 8. Ng1 Bf4 9. Nh3 Bg3 10. Ng1 Bxf2 11. Nh3 Qd7 12. Ng1 Qa4 13. Nh3 b5 14. Ng1 b4 15. Nh3 Nd7 16. Ng1 Ndf6 17. Nh3 Ng4 18. Ng1 Nh2 19. Nh3 Nf3 20. Ng1 Nfg5 21. h5 Bd7 22. h6 Rhg8 23. d4 Bb5+ 24. c4 bxc3#
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Bongcloud is way worse than wqa

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mm

It didn't go so hot this time

https://www.chess.com/game/daily/566946113

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yes. but even better is f3, e5, g4, Ke7

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well white wins - Qxe5 is mate

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well thats what I would do impulsively, so my opponent would have no time to stare at me and play that mind game

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also how do you "play on" and "accept the gambit"? Decline the free mate? Play another developing move?

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MegaThief wrote:

also how do you "play on" and "accept the gambit"? Decline the free mate? Play another developing move?

You "accept the gambit" by realizing that it's a joke.

You ruin the joke by not getting it 2 years later.

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It's crazy how people just randomly dig up these posts that I've completely forgotten about.