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Trading queens early often leads to interesting fights.
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Opponents trading queens very early - what do?
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Try playing on a points only basis where queen is 8 rooks are 4 and bishop/horse is 3 while pawns are one point..... The idea is to memorize positions that suck for the opponent and that looks good to you and also where you don't have to win.... This is just for education purposes.......
Eyes I wish my brain worked like yours does - I would be rated over 1000 if it did. 🙁
It all just takes time and work.... I did that ages ago and found comfortable lines but higher skilled players have confusing lines and I have to figure them out...... More time and work 😭😭😭😭
Nov 3, 2022
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Your not far off Nelson with your bots, his game plan often leads to a queen trade so maybe it could half decent practice... I seem to struggle with my rooks unless the field is clear. The other thing is trade on your terms.... If your opponent wants to trade then don't do it anywhere, make the trade work in your favour by setting it up in relation to the pieces on the board. That edge can be all you need, drawing an enemy in or developing a piece on the back end of the trade
Nov 3, 2022
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In a nutshell, without queens, the gameplan is not to attack the enemy king but rather to win pawns and promote your own.
Sometimes you can bother the opponent’s king to gain time in achieving the goal, but that’s about it.
Hope this helps a bit?
B1ZMARK wrote:
In a nutshell, without queens, the gameplan is not to attack the enemy king but rather to win pawns and promote your own.
Sometimes you can bother the opponent’s king to gain time in achieving the goal, but that’s about it.
Hope this helps a bit?
HUGE help, friend - thank you! 🙂
Nov 3, 2022
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toxic_internet wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
In a nutshell, without queens, the gameplan is not to attack the enemy king but rather to win pawns and promote your own.
Sometimes you can bother the opponent’s king to gain time in achieving the goal, but that’s about it.
Hope this helps a bit?
HUGE help, friend - thank you! 🙂
Great advice!
A mentor & friend cautioned me against trading queens without a commanding position and/or significant lead in material, and I've endeavored to observe this practice. Nevertheless, of late there seems to be a trend in my games where an opponent will throw his queen away to capture mine very early on. After which I really struggle and generally lose.
The board just suddenly becomes much bigger in my eyes and I can't seem to account for, or counter, all of the possible attack angles. It's quite discouraging, and I've stopped playing rated until I have a coherent response to this practice.
Thoughts?