Take my Queen, please...

Thanks Benny_B.  That sounds like solid advice.  Usually when play without my queen it's due to a mistake that causes me to lose the piece.  At that point I am forced to play "better"(?) without queen.  However I am currently playing two games where this early queen exchange occured, resulting in black's being unable to castle.  One of the games I'm white; the other I'm black.  If nothing else, it throws another, unexpected line at me that I've been forced to deal with.  I'm hoping it improves my game.  Keep the advice coming, all!

Thanks again.

Hey, no problem. Just sharing what i have learned and personally experianced. If you have any other questions feel free to ask me, I will do my best to provide some insight. The queen exchange actually does stem off of certain book lines, so it is meant to happen sometimes. Also- Go checkout my forum post of Open Vs. Closed Games, trying to get a discussion started.

eek. why all these examples of a poorly played pirc? in the old indian defense black looks to exchange off queens early, lose castling rights, but with a far more solid position. in general queens add a lot of complexity to a game, so a weaker player might try to exchange off queens, where yes, the stronger player will likely grind them down anyway, but they are less likely to be mated quite as quickly with the queens off, and there's fewer opportunites for major mistakes ;)

so anyway.. 

Yeah, b3nnyhaha and I are on the same page, that is a perfect example of what i was trying to say, thanks.

i really hate it when people capture my queen