Prancing Queens and Kamikasi Pawns

Submitted by Hamish on Tue, 07/22/2008 at 4:39am.

After my "tongue in Cheek" blog about Queens, had 2 games when my opponents brought their Queens out early, hoping to bully and intimidate me, Ho Ho soon sent them packing, Bringing out your Queen with no backup seems a mistake so many players make, whatever happen to the Basic idea, control the centre, create space for your back row, otherwise your back row can get trapped, and don't waste your pawns use as part of a tactical plan, pawns come into their own in an end game, but how many beginners get to an end game?