How To Stop Early Queen Attacks

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[@justaneimand2925]

can't tell how important this was for me... T-T thanks a lot, levy.

[@doesntmatter2732]

Damn 1.2 likes and no replies, not anymore though lol

[@justaneimand2925]

@@doesntmatter2732 even i didn't know it got 1.2k likes

[@satsebeli]

​@@justaneimand2925 that was important for all of us

[@gt29schopenhauer]

1.4k and 3 replies. Let me fix that.

[@NazraT1704]

Same, maybe just cause I’m new and in a low elo, literally every other match someone tries this on me

[@Joe_Payne]

I just did this and got a free rook. Nice

[@marcodomingo3542]

Wait that's not how this video works lmao

[@michaelemmanuel6111]

😂😂😂😂 Broooooo. That's not what this video asked you to do.

[@HanifAbdurrahman]

Wow bro

[@Joe_Payne]

@@marcodomingo3542 whites opening does

[@ZiggyBonham]

Pov: you're 400

[@rawr8821]

its funny that just after falling into this exact early queen attack (tho i won in the end), i see this

[@angelman906]

How did you win that? Like either your opponent is impressively bad or you’re a chess god.

[@shoelessbandit1581]

@@angelman906 people who play this opening aren't actually good so if you survive the early game they're bound to blunder sooner than later

[@TurkeyMuncher117]

@@angelman906 basically. This happened to me recently and I didn't know how to defend and was down a lot of material early, but the opposition ended up fucking it up and I won Just 600 elo things

[@RapBopzShorts]

@@shoelessbandit1581 you're correct. Begginers will play the scholar's mate because it's one of the most basic and It's the first one I learned. lol

[@angelman906]

@@shoelessbandit1581 yeah, but I am guessing that if they’re in an Elo where people are doing early Queen attacks, then both were on a similar skill, but I guess that matters less in beginner levels.

[@Qimi]

Now i can beat Nelson bot

[@davidokoye9508]

Lolz

[@Jinx.Kly_459]

Nelson is a pretty decent bot. You can't technically just beat him with just knowing this information, you still need to play chess at the end of the day.

[@karabodibakoane3202]

Nice. Wait until you play Danya.

[@flyingrice420]

@@karabodibakoane3202 ok dude

[@Nico-ou6ky]

I was looking for this comment:D

[@schizoframia4874]

I like that this is educational, not making fun of goofy players.

[@memereposter-id]

This is not just stopping the attack, this is how to punish early queen attack.

[@--DWstudios--]

Bro is out here teaching us scholars mate. Respect

[@rodenithing2]

He's telling us how to counter scholars mate

[@Grumpkin411]

He’s not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed.

[@maasymoo]

I lose material and games to this attack so much as a beginner trying to get my ELO up. This is genuinely so helpful.

[@crismanjaybuitizon8730]

I didn't realize it was a loop and I just kept watching ;-; Levi's pauses sometimes match the delay in the shorts replaying which makes it confusing lol

[@ilia6132]

For the people that don't know, the queen attack is called Wayward queen (it's a book move).

[@number1musketeer]

"This QH5 thing" felt. I see that shit everyday at 500 rated

[@DePineKONG]

This guy is really chess smart. He should go professional

[@oskaradamczyk113]

I’m so proud of myself because I recently played this opening and without knowing the sequence I did the best moves as black

[@saishkasar4817]

I just sometimes play the moves which u consider as mistakes , just considering "the opponent might not know that this is a mistake"

[@nicholasbartley4211]

Thank you so much! Alot people played this against me and I didn't know how to counter it, but now I do.

[@wrathybear]

pretty much every scrubs in low elo only know the early queen attack. Once you defend all the threats, they have no clue how to progress the game then blunder the queen and resign

[@josephhatsburg3035]

@@wrathybear spittin facts, I actually got that in low rating games, gets me everytime

[@godrxcg.4790]

This opening variation is called King's Pawn Opening: Wayward Queen Variation

[@AmVolt220]

"C-C-C-Check in the middle, gotta block it, take the peace and profit💵" - Bobby Bojanglles

[@matttv94]

I get to this position a lot myself. Being a lower rated player most like to bring the queen out early it’s a useful thing to know how to defend against

[@Vixikats]

The amount of games that I have to play against the Wayward Queen or the Scholar's Mate is absurd, even at 800.

[@SadisticKillerXx]

@@Vixikats yeah, I thought it would stop at 850 ~ 950, but it doesn't lmao

[@devyishere1]

Levy not realizing he explained how to counter the nelson bot if your on black:

[@Sharp_3yE]

You figure it out when you lose pieces when this happens. Haha 😂

[@Dharcnesss]

I love these shorts that give such good information on why something is a good or bad move

[@arizimal]

One of my favorite things to do after the queen and bishop are in place for the scholars mate is to move knight to H6 and they usually dont notice because they get so excited that they can do the scholars to they move the queen to F7 and I take it

[@vini7176]

yeah but then your knight will be stuck in the corner until the opponent moves the queen away (if he doesn’t take the pawn)

[@ryleymurphy9757]

Nelson's not ready for this

[@ansleylobo8917]

Funny thing is I learnt this through trial and error. Safe to say I lost a lot of matches really quick in the process before I learnt my lesson

[@literallynobody6057]

just played this and my opponent immediately resigned after i forked the king and rook HAHAHAHA

[@RevZman]

The great thing about playing against someone who plays the wayward queen attack is that they typically cannot play actual chess

[@mastervivi490]

Oh man. The joys of beginner chess flashbacks

[@procastinaterater2057]

Now I know how all my opponents fend against this when I try to play this

[@incrediblis]

that's the reason why i play the pirc defense with black i just develop normally with nothing to worry about

[@MessiAndA3]

Wayward queen attack is the hallmark of a flat track bully

[@nsc_notncs]

Knight f6 is a great move I’ve found by attacking the pawn and the queen without putting your self in a lot of danger or none at all

[@WolfWarriorLive]

Even knowing this, my fingers move before my head does and I’ll still play g6 when I know I shouldn’t

[@tomsterbg8130]

I love opening with the king pawn, thank you so much for helping me understand more about it!

[@footballeditz8738]

damn he just exposed my whole opening

[@starlitnight6982]

I had several players try this on me. They always blundered their queen and gave up

[@Swiftie-d2u]

Nah I literally had to force him to stick his queen back to where it came from. I literally took every single square on my side and force him to play with 1/4 of the board😂

[@thepancakeruler7918]

Thanks for the heads up when I do this

[@Majora96]

Nf6 on move two, gambiting the e5 pawn, is actually quite good for black.

[@GhandiOnCurry]

Bro literally just went through half of my games

[@user-gw8ou6lc2t]

And then he sacrifices THE ROOOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GabrielKitignaTessouat]

Now I just gotta remember this!

[@undeaddead5140]

another really good defence for this is to defend the king pawn with king side bishop pawn now the enmy will play bishop to c5 or c4 then go defend f7 or f2 square by placing knight h6 or h3 now if the enemy doesnt retreat the queen it will be trapped by bishop to g5 or b5

[@Elevenpubg]

I have a guaranteed queen killer when they play that I always smile

[@paullejhoniedanedpangan5221]

My made is blind when he said fork he forgot the room it's fork too

[@sxmplysoftt666]

i feel like pawn to d6 is the bst move protecting the other pawn and opening the bishop to attack the queen

[@itsstillnotavailable]

this exact move always happens to me bro now i know what to do thanks

[@morganshifflett4994]

The funny thing is that I just learned this from experience. I probably got hit with that attack 3 times before I learned.

[@omwagh978]

Something even more crazy crazy is after ND4, if the enemy is smart, he goes QD1, then you push D5, the pawn on E4 takes, Just go BG4 attacking their Queen, Enemy will react with F3. Here we come up with a brilliancy by playing NE4. The enemy is forced to take the bishop, then we play QH4 checking his King and the only legal move for his King is KF1 and BOOM, we go checkmate with QF2#

[@headphoneguy4021]

Thanks for helping. I get spammed by early queen ALL THE TIME, this will work

[@vebom7049]

"They think you're DUMB!"

[@adamwelsh163]

I usually play queen e7 which stops the bishop thing as well. Will be playing the knight move from now on

[@haz9808]

I swear the engine says to play black queen to e7 after the white queen move?

[@LuizCarlos-du1pd]

I had a game exactly like that, and I didn't even need to learn past Nf3

[@brettkruskie]

I'm gonna use this now.

[@warl0ck-007]

I am very thankful as someone who is getting constantly flooded with this same attack pattern

[@dawndee435]

bro ive been just bringing out my queen right away to negate all of the possible attacks i needed this

[@Zack-4960]

As someone who keeps encountering those possibility I can assure this will work the moves he showed are very very common

[@user-gw8ou6lc2t]

And then he sacrifices THE QUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cindyforish8081]

A couple hours after watching this I had this happen. I actually remembered all the moves and forked his king and queen. Got his queen. A few moves later I forked his rook and king and got his rook. He resigned. Thank you!

[@dabomb2590]

Now this helps me a lot, can’t count the amount of times I have struggled with this

[@temxasremd]

Also Gotham: here's how you can destroy your friends with the wayward queen attack

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Stuck? That Queen is everything but stuck lol

[@ChangerOfNames]

I didnt know i could make them fork a rook like that, thanks

[@oscarthenotsogrouchy]

i used this but nelson somehow came back and won 😂

[@yes3640]

The is a good reason why I like the four horse opening

[@THE_Number_ONE_1_HATER]

Yeah, this strategy is very common. I use it often and it works pretty well. Of course if they threaten me with a knife fork, I typically just moved to guard the form position most people to still take up the fork and lose the knight

[@nathangerrit8053]

I do that move to and my opponent just resign after I fork him

[@ramsesvasquez2131]

Thanks for that!!! LEVY LEVY LEVY!!!!Whoo!!!

[@spacepants3]

And if the queen moves to d3 instead of e3 to defend the fork, the g4 pawn is free

[@Swiftie-d2u]

Yes I take g4 rather than the center becuz if I take on the center I usually move my knight back and once the queen goes back that gay pawn is sti hunting your knight

[@FreshWork3]

Bro I love levy with all my heart

[@noot3778]

i remember being so frustraded by this when i started

[@SrLancelot5059]

This is definitely really helpful at low levels

[@matthewmbonu3159]

I used to teach chess in this school most of the kids were beginners and we would always teach the defense to the 4 move mate really early ofc so one year this one kid on his own came up with this g4 after Nf6 move and I swear he won like every game 🤣🤣 no one and I mean no one in that class could find Nd4 and would get obliterated even kids much better than him he'd even play a modified version of this as black if at all possible he was just a great little attacker lol. Anyways his record was getting so ridiculously stacked we had to stop his fun by teaching an entire lesson on what to do after g4 and his win percentage immediately tanked but he was a GOD among mortals in that class for awhile 🤣🤣 good memories

[@Chance62]

Alternative title: how to punish the Wayward Queen

[@RGC_animation]

The Wayward Queen attack, aka the attack of the 400s.

[@serverblue621]

Opponent: plays Ne2 or c3 Me: ....

[@gogamez5290]

The last fork is a triple, it’s forks queen, king and rook ;)

[@josepio4168]

bro i went through this like 50 times before i learned to not fall for this on my own i am learning just very slowly

[@XotoriD4rak]

Thank you Levy I've been drawing and losing to a lot of queen attackers

[@communistcomrade630]

Keep the zombie Lizzy back

[@poopie6205]

Learnt how to defend this the hard way but this is shows me how to absolutely punish it! Thanks

[@ajitkaliya]

I learned it hard way. I lost many games in the beginning but by experience I figured it out.

[@swissscandal1567]

People did this to me I thought it was a complete blunder lol

[@hexaplot]

Pov you fell for nelson's queen too many times

[@TheGamerdude103]

I have a better idea.Its like a queen trap. Where you move the the pawn in front of the queen 1 step.Then enemy mostly gets his white bishop out for checkmate and then you take your rook out then he moves a pawn to activate his black bishop and you remove your white bishop and trap the queen.

[@kaalad3666]

How are you moving your rook if it's blocked by your pawns?

[@TheGamerdude103]

@@kaalad3666 I meant horse sry for confusion

[@Olav_Hansen]

I have actually progressed into the knight to g4 without much theory, it's just the logical conclusion. And I rarely see that position play out well for white. It's almost as if not playing the queen to early is a standard strategy...

[@technicalgamerhritik]

Thanks man

[@OhioStudiosOG]

i learned this from elsewhere, still useful attack

[@awmdanger9677]

This is the topic on which you made in a 10 min long video after watching which I joined the Gotham Community from last 2 years ❤️❤️.

[@jossflores2379]

This was so helpful, thank you so much🥰😍🤩🤩

[@caperalegamer408]

At the last move the guy isn't dumb he won't play the Queen there he will put it so you can't fork the king and the rook

[@nicholasfigueiredo3171]

This short by itself throw me from 900 elo to 1400

[@daltonkincannon7431]

I can not tell you how thankful I am for this so many people do this against ne

[@null_ify]

This is extremely important to learn. Thanks!

[@andrewmays3988]

Excellent lesson. THANK YOU.😇

[@Sevenlittledwarfs]

Dude i've been mate'd that way 5 time in 4 minute

[@juliannetzer7582]

Ty so much

[@nlnrose]

people can't seem to compute the karo when this is their opening. it messes with them so much

[@connormcteer3319]

Im not syre how you knew but i definitley needed this lol

[@fuckbankers]

I'm ready for Nelson now.