Yep.  Got beat with that one too, MCW!  :)

that is true Anubis.  However, setting it up against an experienced opponent allows him or her to think they are anticipating your next moves.  Experienced players know (much more than I do) that you have to think ahead several moves.  Have you not played against someone and thought you knew where they were going, only to find that they took the path you didn't think they would take?

By the way, it's certainly not unsporting. I'd say we've all got caught by it at least once in our chess careers (we have to learn somewhere) and we all felt stupid when it happened, but overall it made us stronger players.

Forget decorum - chess is war!!

Hey, I'm not sure I'd agree. I'm playing a game at the moment with a player at exactly the same level as me (1751) and he tried it on me. I think he knew that I would spot it, but he probably thought it was worth a try, and it certainly didn't put his queen in jeopardy.

Also, you can pretty much guarantee that someone will try it on you again sometime in the future, and you'll learn lots of different ways of defending against it and coming out with the advantage.

Are you aware that there is a possible Checkmate in 2?

Don't use that, it prevents you from learning chess, I mean who are you going to trick with that??     only new players.  when playing a strong opponent you are going to find your queen in geopardy.  think about this.... do you whant to trick rookies or do you whant to play chess??