I keep losing to aggressive queens how do I punish


The following opening strategies should mitigate the effect an aggressive queen has and turn your opponent's advantage into a disadvantage. Try to develop your four minor pieces, gain control of the center four squares, and make sure there are enough pieces around your king to protect it.

If the opponent places the queen in the centre of the board, then you should try to attack the queen while developing/forking/skewering the other pieces. If the opponent is obviously dependent on the queen, it would be a good idea to trade the pieces if you end up having the advantage or the King is completely exposed and it's possible to checkmate him with the other pieces.

People keep talking about this bot. I've beaten it, but I don't have any links to any games vs this bot.

FWIW, I have noticed that Nelson does not "protect" his Queen. Meaning, that you can trade Queen for Queen, and get his Queen off the board. That was my strategy to try and beat Nelson. But it never really worked, and I had to give that up. I FINALLY managed to take down Nelson with a King's Head Opening (I have saved the game but will just show the opening). Strangely enough, with this opening, Nelson was too preoccupied with protecting pieces and getting into defensive mode, that he couldn't develop and attack with the Queen in the same way he does with other openings I tried.