Winning When Your Opponent's Queen is in Trouble

We all know that the Queen is the most powerful of all the pieces on your chess board. She is a very versatile member of any army on your board. In fact, there are games that are tipped into one side or the other depending on how the Queen plays her part of the story. That's precisely where you might want to look into when you want to play chess to win.

Like every powerful weapon, the Queen is really effective, but its efficacy is only limited by the skill of the player who wields her power. If your opponent really knows his stuff, then the opposing Queen can be a source of many woes for you during the game. But if the opponent isn't that all too sure or is just too hasty then this means you can open up a lot of occasions to give you the edge in the game.

There will surely come a time when your opponent ruins his own game plan by just improperly or even just by poorly developing the Queen. Some problems can be easily solved but still, there are times when the situation that involves the opposing Queen that can become irretrievable and your opponent can't do anything but watch your pieces wreak havoc all over the board, regardless if the all powerful Queen is still on it or not.

There are two situations you might want to draw special attention to. You should consider these two events and take time to work on it and expect to profit from it when the time comes. First is when your opponent's Queen is drawn away from the middle of all the action. Second is when your opponent has developed the opposing Queen rather prematurely, which sometimes is the case for most beginners and intermediate players who are still out to learn about tactics and the opening theory.

Now, why would the Queen be drawn away from the heat of the action? The quick answer is that your opponent just becomes too greedy to gain more material or to capture a lot of pieces. There'll come a time when your opponent's greed sets in and puts the Queen away for a significant time that you can stage a quick attack and end the game or even do a more considerable damage that the opposing Queen has done.

On the note about developing the Queen a little too early, one must first learn something about the opening theory in chess before one understands the correct timing for bringing out the Queen. In short, if you bring out the Queen too early, she just becomes the target of many threats that it would inevitably slow down your development trying to save her. That is a great opportunity to get ahead of your opponent and advance to really important positions on the board.

Remember these two conditions when you deal with a Queen who is in trouble. Capitalizing on these situations with the Queen is a great way to play chess to win.