Attacking with queen is bad or good early?

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I learned in video https://www.chess.com/video/player/everything-you-need-to-know-2-the-opening that attacking with queen is bad early and tried attacking with quen and it ended up bad - various figures took my queen. But this guy made a checkmate without problems. How is that possible? I turned on 30 minutes game and got crushed in few minutes.

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/18553861455?tab=analysis

Now rewatching - first mistake is probably to not defend the pawn - I did not notice that he is attacking Qxe5

But second - he took my tower Qxh8. I cannot see how to defend it when I needed to defend king and he become way ahead. Really if I had defended my pawn, probably would not have such situation in the first place.

I feel crushed. How can I even have level similar to him when he crashed me like a baby.

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You don’t play g6 after 1.e4 e5 2. Qh5!?

You aren’t following opening principles. First you play Nc6 (or d6) to defend the e5 pawn. Then if your opponent goes for Bc4 to threaten a cheapo checkmate on f7 THEN you play g6- attacking the queen, blocking the checkmate. If your opponent plays Qf3 to renew the checkmate threat, you simply play Nf6.

You always have to recognize what your opponents threats are before moving.
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"You don’t play g6 after 1.e4 e5 2. Qh5!?"

still he would have took pawn 

"You always have to recognize what your opponents threats are before moving."

yea, and I really missed the pawn threat.

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DariusChessGambler wrote:

"You don’t play g6 after 1.e4 e5 2. Qh5!?"

still he would have took pawn 

"You always have to recognize what your opponents threats are before moving."

yea, and I really missed the pawn threat.

if you played nc6 he wouldnt have taken the pawn, that's the whole point of playing nc6. playing g6 just gives a rook away. That early Queen attack isn't good for white but of course if black blunders then white is going to win

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It can be good but usually the minor pieces should be the first ones out

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When someone tries an early queen attack I suggest they play shorter games.

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I would look at how to defend scholars mate once you know that what white tried to do here won't work. 

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unless you're succeeding on scholar mating, it's usually bad

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Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a chess coach and chess YouTuber based in California: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q

 

 

Here's some tips to help you with your opponent's aggressive queen in the opening.   

-Consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. Always as, “If I move here, where is my opponent going to move?” 

"Can my opponent safely capture a piece(s)?" If so, defend properly!  

I hope that this helps.  

Avatar of DariusChessGambler

oh, lot of info , thanks happy.png he made a move which I was suprised with that queen and made a mistake. PLus he used very little time, I wanted to not lose time and did not take time to think enough happy.png thought will not make big mistake at the beginning .As other do quick moves at the  beginning, wanted do so also.

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laurengoodkindchess wrote:

Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a chess coach and chess YouTuber based in California: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q

 

 

Here's some tips to help you with your opponent's aggressive queen in the opening.   

-Consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. Always as, “If I move here, where is my opponent going to move?” 

"Can my opponent safely capture a piece(s)?" If so, defend properly!  

I hope that this helps.  

I like your voice in the intro video happy.png for that reason I might consider watching other videos grin.png