Playing with only a queen

Hi,

being new to chess (as a serious interest), I have recently been playing (and losing games against opponents who only utilize the queen on second move.

Is this a specific style or is there a known strategy for this? It seems very effective if not very much fun.

Thanks

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thanks for the mild trolling from one, but I was just asking a simple question about whether there was a specific style of playing, using only a queen.

Study THE BRAIN FRY ATTACK, a technique I've created within more than 1 year.

It is in the thread below, specially from pages 68 until the end.

You will love it and I am sure you'll improve your game.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/the-most-interesting-game-of-chess-was-played-here-in-chesscom

Dear God, don't. The thread's a pile of [REDACTED].

Basically you need to learn to develop your pieces, avoid obvious checkmates and dropping material to a wandering queen. The practice will be good for you.

Christ, i didn't realise I was stirring a hornet's next here!

I am not interested in playing this style, but want to learn to defend against it. Since it seems to have very specific key moves based on what one would do when normally developing. It seems that there are easy traps to fall into. 

Thanks all for replying! Didn't mean to get you all worked up. hehe

Thanks so much!

I could help with a session in the live chess room

you mean e4 e5 Qh5? just play Nc6. if he plays Bc4 play g6 then Qf3 Nf6 

Qb3 Na5 and you're safe.

It's simple really. If your opponent brings the Queen out early, just attack her with your pieces while getting a lead in development while doing so

Early moving the queen is a specific style called "Patzer Chess", one of the most prominent sub branch of "bad chess".

It may work against beginner that have no clue or pannic, but once you've learned how to counter it, the non Patzer player is basically playing normal chess with two free developping moves.

To counter it, do, in that order :

1. protects your pieces and pawn, especially mate threat
2. threaten the queen.

And do that with (free) developping moves (with pieces rather than pawn, using a different piece each time). If you go for an all out queen attack, you will be crushed after lines like 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 g5?? 3.Qxe4+ winning the rook.

About point 1, you should learn the weakness of the starting position : f2/f7 is only guarded by the king, and is hard to quickely and efficiently protect with minor piece, so don't let your opponent have more than one attacker on it at a time. g2/g7 and b2/b7 are only guarded each by one bishop, keep that in mind while developping bishops. This pawns are often target for early wandering queen, especially if your knight is not developped, especially on king side (your rook may get trapped).

Some other video on the scholar's mate :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edOdgdY1obc&list=PLwOxvihVhflvm4xit3ltNgRftNdOQglPX&index=1

Stuff about early queen out start at 3:55, he covers "1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 g5?? 3.Qxe4+", in case you don't know what I'm talking about, which would be very uderstandable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um4zQsVxlBk goes deeper into one line and how to punish your opponent.

If your opponent plays perfectly after Queen to h5, he still is doing fine, he is two or three moves late, which should equate to being down a pawn. So don't try too hard to crush him right away, you generally can't. just try to keep your advance in developpement.

Amazing! Thanks! I find this way of playing so irritating!

it is a good strategy just in one case, if u are playing a beginner. bringing the queen too early in the game makes her exposed and while attacking her you gonna win tempos. which makes your opponnent leading in development. something you really dont want to face because you gonna get punished if u are playing an average player like me  anyway the variations of queen threats early in the game arent that vary, so u can just study them and know how to avoid it. if u have a specific game u wanna revise I may can help you against it since it is easy for an average player  

anyway a queen alone can do nothing.. put a queen and a king on a board, mate the king? you just cant. she always works with combination with other pieces. block the connection between them and then u see how easy it is.. I like it when my opponnet brings the queen early because I know I can lead in development and crush him, so can YOU

It's very infurriating at first, but it feels very good when you start to reliably punish such playstyle

I know it's been answered, but here's a short way to say it:

(after opponent makes a move)
1) Can you immediately win something?
2) Can they immediately win something?
3) If 1 and 2 are no, then find a safe developing move. Minimize pawn moves. Prioritize getting knights and bishops off the back rank and castling.