| # | Player | Country | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | ๐ณ๐ด | 2839 |
| 2 | Fabiano Caruana | ๐บ๐ธ | 2786 |
| 3 | Hikaru Nakamura | ๐บ๐ธ | 2780 |
| 4 | Ding Liren ๐ | ๐จ๐ณ | 2780 |
| 5 | Alireza Firouzja | ๐ซ๐ท | 2777 |
| 6 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ๐ท๐บ | 2771 |
| 7 | Anish Giri | ๐ณ๐ฑ | 2760 |
| 8 | Gukesh D | ๐ฎ๐ณ | 2758 |
| 9 | Viswanathan Anand | ๐ฎ๐ณ | 2754 |
| 10 | Wesley So | ๐บ๐ธ | 2753 |
September 4 - September 22
Crossgeposted von: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/360558
So I am on lichess in the 700es range and I continue to have these players as opponents who early on attack really aggressively.They must have some success with this (element of surprise I guess), but if I look at the stockfish analysis there moves arent so smart. (difficult enough for me to fend off though). I sometimes feel a little dumb, though because it can be quite hard to find out how to stop their attacks..
It's a strategy based on the assumption the opponent will blunder. After a certain level blunders become rare, so aggressive play just leads to a poor position.
Inexperienced players like bringing the queen out early because it's a powerful piece -- you can attack many things with it, and maybe even set up a quick checkmate.
As you get more experienced, you realize that it's usually foolish to expose the queen too early. You are giving your opponents the chance to develop their pieces with tempo by making theats against your queen, and while you are busy moving her around, you are failing to develop any of your own pieces.
For example, in the above position, you have all your pieces out and are almost ready to castle. White doesn't have a single piece out, except for the Queen. The initiative you have is worth more than a pawn, practically speaking.
You are giving your opponents the chance to develop their pieces with tempo by making theats against your queen
This.
If you can find ways to safely kick their queen around you will get a middlegame advantage. And look for ways to trap their queen. Iโve found that people who start out with their queen also make some hasty moves.
I used to spam the fried liver whenever possible and get the opponent to resign after I take their queen. This stopped when I reached 1300ish. I got slaughtered positionally by better players and haven't played the fried liver ever since.
The point is, your opponent is more likely to resign or lose major pieces early on and you'd have the advantage. But its a short victory. In the long run, you'll have to study middle game and end game tactics and positions to progress.
It's a strategy, as you mention it is successful if the opponent doesn't know how to stop it properly.
But it's also very risky, I see often people burning early their queen or getting checkmated pretty quickly.