Just played my worst game of my life.


well, thanks for sharing, But not playing 7. cxb4 was the least of your problems.
3. g3 is dreadful. It is instinct to see the queen near your king and say I am going to push the pawn and kick it away. But you really don't need to do this. On her own the queen can do nothing. At some point black may play Bc5 with a real threat against f2 but at that point you can always play Qe2 and you are protected.
The problem with 3. g3 is that it ignores that your e4 pawn can be taken.
One of the things I teach is, before you move does your opponent have any captures or any checks? After 2. Qh4 black has three captures/checks:
3. ... Qxe4+
3. ... Qxf2+
3. ... Qxh2
So you only have to worry about these three moves. Quickly look at them and you can see that the last two would just lose the queen for nothing but that Qxe4+ is something you need to worry about. So you need to defend the pawn. Probably I would play 3. d3 which is solid. Later I would play Nf3 (developing the knight and kicking the queen out at the same time).

well, thanks for sharing, But not playing 7. cxb4 was the least of your problems.
3. g3 is dreadful. It is instinct to see the queen near your king and say I am going to push the pawn and kick it away. But you really don't need to do this. On her own the queen can do nothing. At some point black may play Bc5 with a real threat against f2 but at that point you can always play Qe2 and you are protected.
The problem with 3. g3 is that it ignores that your e4 pawn can be taken.
One of the things I teach is, before you move does your opponent have any captures or any checks? After 2. Qh4 black has three captures/checks:
3. ... Qxe4+
3. ... Qxf2+
3. ... Qxh2
So you only have to worry about these three moves. Quickly look at them and you can see that the last two would just lose the queen for nothing but that Qxe4+ is something you need to worry about. So you need to defend the pawn. Probably I would play 3. d3 which is solid. Later I would play Nf3 (developing the knight and kicking the queen out at the same time).
Thanks for takin the time to explain that in such a clear and concise matter. I'm still hurtin over this haha. I appreciate all the feedback I can get. That's why I posted it.

Yes you should have played 3. d3
In reply to 3. ... Bc5 threatening mate on f2 you would then play Qe2
Ok your pieces are in a bit of tangle but you do have Nf3 hitting the queen and winning a tempo.
If the queen goes back to say f6 then you can hit it again with Bg5 winning another tempo.
That means black will have made three queen moves while you have got a knight and bishop in play.
You might look up the French defence - a better white second move is 2 d4 taking control of the centre.
Another starter tip is knight's before bishops where as 2. c3 takes that square from the knight especially since black has played e6 and his pawn supports the d5 square you kind of want to contest that with the knight while also defending e4.

Would you classify black as using a combination on white?
It seemed like black took a gamble on centralization and development in the hopes that white makes the mistakes. If 2. d4, and 3. Nf3, then black's gamble won't pay off.

Yes you should have played 3. d3
In reply to 3. ... Bc5 threatening mate on f2 you would then play Qe2
Ok your pieces are in a bit of tangle but you do have Nf3 hitting the queen and winning a tempo.
If the queen goes back to say f6 then you can hit it again with Bg5 winning another tempo.
That means black will have made three queen moves while you have got a knight and bishop in play.
You might look up the French defence - a better white second move is 2 d4 taking control of the centre.
Another starter tip is knight's before bishops where as 2. c3 takes that square from the knight especially since black has played e6 and his pawn supports the d5 square you kind of want to contest that with the knight while also defending e4.
Thanks for the feedback sir. Very much appreciated.

I've found that the Wayward Queen opening and others like it have a lot of potential risk. It's basically a trap. However, if you're aware of the threats at hand, you can usually get the advantage. That's why you don't see things like this in high-level chess.
That said... when somebody goes for an early attack this way, you need to be at your highest level of caution. It's very easy to react instinctively and then find yourself in a terrible situation.
My suggestion to you is to find a good tactics trainer and get as much practice on it as you can. In order to defend against an attack, you first need to be able to recognize that attack. And the best way to do that is to learn how to attack yourself. So, use the tactics trainer. Play through the tactics. Once the attacks embed themselves firmly into your consciousness, you'll be able to recognize them over the board, prevent your opponent from seeing them through, and use them yourself.
And, if all goes well, you'll never have to play a game like this again. Good luck.

The single pawn at e4 and then after the queen move opening up the way to the rook ... imho a bad situation but a common and known pattern u won't do more often, so actually its a good thing if u learn from it.
It could make more angry in case your king would get checked with your queen in danger but u need to move the king. Many ppl. resign after losing their queen like this.