Shut down early queen attack brainrot! Definitive edition!

So, you got "e4. e5. Qh5"'d too many times. Relatable! I just want to play chess, but this idiotic strategy keeps clogging up low elos, from 400 to 1000. So here's a few tricks: if you really like e4. e5, then when they Qh5, just protect your pawn with a knight. They'll then bring out a bishop, and you just have to play defense until they can't do anything anymore. Don't try and counterattack unless you're SUPER confident it will work, because that often leaves you vulnerable. But I don't even suggest e5: the scandinavian works WONDERS. 1st of all, if they Qh5 like an idiot, then you can just develop normally with things like Nc6 and the like. you can also set up a pawn line to prevent white bishop tomfoolery. If they do the safer variation, Qe3, just queen trade after Qh6. If you get rid of the queen, even at an even trade, the attack crumbles. From there, continue with the game, noting that you have a much more developed position (usually) and ALSO that the average wayward queen user is a wayward queen user because they don't actually know how to play chess and have just memorized every move in the opening, thus are usually easy targets in a normal game.    I also know there is a gothamchess video on this topic, so watch that if I'm not making sense. Happy queen murdering   : D

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