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ancil2011

 classical openings and themes. I see the queen is better to be placed in its own color..,say white Q will not move to black sqr. Unless we get some tactical positions to gain material.

notmtwain
ancil2011 wrote:

 classical openings and themes. I see the queen is better to be placed in its own color..,say white Q will not move to black sqr. Unless we get some tactical positions to gain material.

Queens are not more effective on their own color. They don't pair up with other pieces of one particular color. The fact that they can move in any direction and are not restricted to one color is a large part of what makes them strong.

I can't think of any position where I've ever heard someone move their queen back to its own color as the reason for a move.

I think you should reconsider this idea and discard it.

MuhammadAreez10

The queen is good on any square. Its mobility is the reason for its strength. Not just restricted on its own color.

coon74

It depends, among other things, on squares of which colour in the opponent's camp you want to focus and with which bishop you'd like the queen to interact. In 'classical' open games, White's focus is often on f7 or h7, so their queen is often developed to a light square to target those weaknesses. However, in some popular openings like the Sicilian, or the King's Indian, or the Veresov Attack, where Black fianchettoes the bishop to g7, White often puts the bishop on e3 or g5 and develops the queen to d2 to form a battery and then play Bh6.

As you may see, it also depends on whether you want to bring the queen's bishop out early (which is sometimes done to with queenside castling and a subsequent kingside pawn storm in mind). Of course the queen shouldn't go to d2/d7 before that bishop is developed unless you want to fianchetto it.

x1y3d7mate

I think bishops do best on their own color too.

ancil2011

Well said. I obserbed that queen changin colour If opponent fianchttoes. That is exceptional case. Do you know any other openings. even if you observe Recent masters game.they are very rarely changing the colour of queen.i strongly believe that there is some idea behind it. i know there is an exception cases.but majority of cases queen is not changing its colour

ancil2011

Well said. I obserbed that queen changin colour If opponent fianchttoes. That is exceptional case. Do you know any other openings. even if you observe Recent masters game.they are very rarely changing the colour of queen.i strongly believe that there is some idea behind it. i know there is an exception cases.but majority of cases queen is not changing its colour

GeoffreyBurrows

x1y3d7mate wrote:

I think bishops do best on their own color too.

Haha! Good one :) Thanks for the smile to start my day.

ancil2011

I am not jocking. See the latest grenke Chess classic tournament. Except one game(fiansheto) All game not changing their queen colour atlest upto 20plus moves.(after that also not able to see frequent queen color change)

krischess2015

My Queen will be in all colours. Where ever it is, it has to do some activity

Quiksilverau

sounds racist

Ziggy_Zugzwang
ancil2011 wrote:

I am not jocking.

Only Scottish people being funny can do that....