I outright blundered my Queen in a recent OTB tournament. The square was a perfect place to place my Queen. Tremendous pressure and a practically resignable position for my opponent.
Too bad the square was covered.
I've never dropped a Queen like that before and hope to never do it again :)
Now this begs the question, has anybody ever dropped their Queen and just went on a rampage. I find that the feeling of being cornered tends to make a chess player show their teeth.
I've dropped my Queen on occasion and let me tell you, if a board could snarl, it would have during those times.
Ever come back with a surprise mate in such a position?
I've been playing chess for quite some time now and if there is one thing I refuse to do, it would have to be resign if I drop my queen. Over the years of my off and on chess "career" I have seen a huge amount of players do this. Somehow the Queen just screams "Save meeeee..." and regardless of how bad their position would be, they attempt to save her.
A recent game of mine shows this in that I chased the Queen around the board for near 21 moves, eventually managing to corner it and gain position and losing one center pawn, and two side pawns + a knight while my opponent had a dead bishop, a technically dead knight and a rook that wasn't in play.
Now I ask, which of you in your chess careers have submitted to the very tempting "Take all the pieces!" that sometimes occur if you are forced to bring your Queen out early? Ever play someone that would have won if they didn't resign after losing their Queen? Any stories? Let's hear them folks!