C.R.A.S.H. - Community Resources Against Sacrificing Her

Have you ever played a chess game, used a signature queen sacrifice taught by a famous GM, and won the match “beautifully”? If yes, what do you feel without the queen by your side? What was the feeling when you sacrificed your queen? Have you ever thought about these questions? 

Queen sacrifices have sparked a large amount of interest among chess players. With grandmasters promoting it and average players playing it with aspirations to become a master one day. It may be called an “art” by these people; but if you break down the role of the queen in chess, why is she even named queen? If we need a powerful piece without meaning, we could have name it anything you can come up to your mind! 

You see, both the king piece and the queen piece in chess neighbor the bishop, symbolizing their union is sacred and blessed by the Church, thus it’s a freely chosen romantic relationship between one man and one woman that must be faithfully enjoyed. As Zosia Nowakowska’s (she’s a young Polish singer and my favorite singer) song „Miłość to wierność wyborowi” (“Love is fidelity to the choice”) elaborates „Czym klęska i czym wielkie brawa?
Czym leczyć gorycz bezradności?
Czym sukces i czym wielka sława?
Gdy w życiu nie ma się miłości.” (“What is defeat and what is great applause? What is the cure of bitterness of helplessness? What is success and what is great fame? When there is no love in life.”) Checkmating the enemy king by betraying your queen in a “clever” queen sacrifice may be “efficient” or even “beautiful” as some may argue, but it is never a true victory if you treat the queen, the beloved wife of the king, so lightly. Like Zosia sings, this checkmate delivered without love feels empty and meaningless. 

Some may argue “Chess is just a game! Why so serious?” NEWS FLASH: the way one play chess reflects his or her own attitude towards life itself! If one could sacrifice the queen, the beloved wife of the king, in chess; can he or she really build a stable, romantic, freely chosen and faithfully enjoyed relationship that he or she would NEVER sacrifice for some trivial “advantages”? 

Now if you put yourself in the queen’s shoes, you’ll realize something. As Zosia Nowakowska sings in her song „Twoja” (“yours”), „Wszytko co mam, wszystko co wiem, odkrywam wciąż od nowa. Nie cofnę się, chcę wierzyć że, będę już zawsze twoja.” (“Everything I have, everything I know, I keep discovering anew.
I won’t turn back — I want to believe
that I will be yours forever.”) Picture your queen singing this beautiful song to your king, do you feel that she’s still a piece anymore? 

„Miłość jest wszystkim tym, co tracisz bez miłości. ” (“Love is everything you lose without love.”) You may have won the game by checkmating the enemy’s king; but what’s the point that your king has lost everything? 

Let others call this club “outdated” or “romanticizing chess”, but we know better than to care about those comments. Just like Zosia sings her song „To Cała Prawda” (“The Only Truth”) „Tak to prawda, to cała prawda, i tylko prawda! Mówię prawdę, wyznaję prawdę. Wierzcie lub nie. Or, as she sings in „Niech mówią że to nie jest miłość” (“Let them say this is not love”) „Niech mówią, że to nie jest miłość, Że tak się tylko zdaje nam. Byle się nigdy nie skończyło. To wszystko co od ciebie mam”. We do not have to care if others have to say anything. We know what we’re doing! If you have the same faith, this club is for you! 

Tired of queen sacrifices? Want to play chess with meanings? Then club is for you! We mainly discuss game positions from lessons teaching queen sacrifices from these perspectives. 
1. From the supposed “underdog”’s perspective, which is the opposite side the tutorials have intended to let players play. This kind of position would start post queen sacrifice. This side is told to be in major 
2. From the intended side, but without performing the queen sacrifice.  
3. However, if you have other ideas for positions punishing queen sacrifice fans, feel free to share! 

However, here are rules to follow, as well. 
1. Do NOT perform a queen sacrifice, NEVER EVER, even if it means mate in 1. 
2. Do NOT initiate or accept queen trades. 
3. NEVER promote a second queen when your queen has not fallen. 
4. You may REVIVE your ORIGINAL queen with a passed pawn if she has fallen; but never more. The rest could be promoted to bishops, knights or rooks based on your personal preference. 

Welcome to C.R.A.S.H, the only club on chess.com actively defending the beautiful traditional Polish romantic relationship: only between one man and one woman; always freely chosen; always faithful and never arranged or betrayed!