Anybody else think the Queen is OverPowered!?

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Avatar of ultrafatwomens

This was in one of my recent games against a 500 rated opponent. My opponent's queen was supper annoying and impossible to capture.

 

Anyone else think that the queen turns chess from a beautiful game to a ugly game??

Avatar of gingerninja2003

no you played terribly. 

 

Avatar of gambitattax

nope

Avatar of daxypoo
yeah, always protect your e5 pawn first with ...Nc6 after white Qh5
you just got move order wrong

after ...Nc6 then you can move g6 to kick the queen, then ...Nf6, ...Bg7
then ...O-O

it took me a dozen or so games versus all the wayward queen /scholar's mate variations (which happen all the time in 900-1000 games) to finally get a grip on it
Avatar of pawn8888

Once the Queen takes that rook on h8 it's usually game over. Although he had that move one move earlier. Moving the Queen that early is risky but the player hopes his opponent will go into a sort of panic, which happened in this game.   

Avatar of MickinMD

The weaker you are in understanding of the game, the more power the Queen seems to have. You made poor moves, for example ...g6, losing a center pawn, where Nc6, developing a piece and losing nothing was the obviously better choice.

I've had weaker players give up both Rooks plus a Minor Piece for my Queen, without any positional gain, and they thought they were ahead in material!  The Queen is NOT that strong if you play correctly.

Avatar of fuzzbug

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Avatar of Monie49

NO!

Avatar of idkanymore0-0

Noway! I is underpowered. It should have power of knight too

Avatar of ultrafatwomens

Everybody knows the queen is overpowered, but they refuse to admit it. They all protome their pawn to a queen for a reason!

Avatar of FortunaMajor

Nah. I love the knight more. When I play K vs Q, my opponent always err (if it is a bullet game) because he cannot predict the knights' moves. Plus, in your game, the queen wasn't overpowered. You were just giving away material.

Avatar of gingerninja2003
ultrafatwomens wrote:

Everybody knows the queen is overpowered, but they refuse to admit it. They all protome their pawn to a queen for a reason!

there is a difference between the queen being the best piece and it being over powered.

Avatar of gingerninja2003
AviaSharma wrote:

Noway! I is underpowered. It should have power of knight too

it should have the powers of a pawn too

queen takes queen with en passent. 

Avatar of idkanymore0-0

gingerninja2003 wrote:

AviaSharma wrote:

Noway! I is underpowered. It should have power of knight too

it should have the powers of a pawn too

queen takes queen with en passent. 

Hahaha 😂😂😂

Avatar of Joe1izzo
Sorry, but you just played in reaction mode. Develop your pieces when they bring the queen out. I used to lose, now I hope they do. I'm only 900+/- but still. While they're wasting time spinning her around you've got a fully developed game by move 8 or 9 with a winning position. Pay attention to how you develop. When the queen came down to h5, play out your knight to attack her. Yeah, she gets your pawn but just keep developing, even offer a queen trade when she checks you. It's just a piece with its own set of limitations.
Avatar of AussieMatey

I saw the Queen on TV today and she's definitely Overpowdered.

Avatar of LM_player

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Avatar of LM_player

Your defense simply was simply weak

Avatar of Federal_romzy

if the Queen has the power of the knight then she becomes untouchable

Avatar of FortunaMajor
Federal_romzy wrote:

if the Queen has the power of the knight then she becomes untouchable

Not if there's a piece with the power of teleportation.