troll moves in chess...

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Queen exchange. Queen to h5. Pointless exchanges in general.

Any other petty moves that people make because they can’t comprehend organizing more than two pieces?
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The pawns in diagonals
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The people that exchange any and every piece for no reason.
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Pawns like they are checkers in the 3rd And 4th rows.
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Correct me if i'm wrong, but it seems like most exchanges aren't pointless. In other words, they're usually good for one side and bad for the other, or they create a different set of imbalances between the two sides. 

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Pawns in a checkers set up can be very useful. An enemy rook needs extra tempi to pick them up.
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OBJECTION:

A queen trade, while it may be annoying, is NOT pointless. Assuming the opposing player does not have another piece guarding the d8 (Black)/ d1 (White) square, the king is forced to move to said square, as it is the only legal move. This means the player who has to move, believe it or not, CANNOT castle!

Observe:

 

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In addition, as you can see, once the queen trade is over, the f7 square (Black)/ f2 square (White) is left unguarded, leaving a potential for a fork by a knight.

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You are 400. People are going to play random moves.

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Is that an insult or something? I don't understand. And why are you legit trying to correlate low ratings to "random" moves? That just seems stereotypical and is kinda wrong in my opinion. But that's just me personally.

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snooperthecool wrote:

OBJECTION:

A queen trade, while it may be annoying, is NOT pointless. Assuming the opposing player does not have another piece guarding the d8 (Black)/ d1 (White) square, the king is forced to move to said square, as it is the only legal move. This means the player who has to move, believe it or not, CANNOT castle!

 

 

Agreed. If it's early in the opening, material is somewhat equal, and my opponent hasn't yet castled, I'll almost always do the types of queen trade as shown in your example. I can't think of a good reason not to, and agree with the reasons you provided for making the trade.

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treatb59 wrote:
troll moves in chess...
Queen exchange. Queen to h5. Pointless exchanges in general.
Any other petty moves that people make because they can’t comprehend organizing more than two pieces?

Starting this topic seems more of a troll move than those chess moves.

Most of your previous topics have been about various types of piercing cheating.

Why not just accept you have a lot to learn and ask questions that might help you?

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treatb59 wrote:
Queen exchange. Queen to h5. Pointless exchanges in general.

Any other petty moves that people make because they can’t comprehend organizing more than two pieces?

Yes, there are annoying chess moves some people make, but because the rules are the same for either side you can learn either to defend effectively against troll moves, or exploit them for your benefit. Alternatively you can make troll moves in return.