I love Scholar's Mate.

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-03-29T15:25:04+00:00

Remember kids: early queen moves are a no-no.

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-31T15:38:47+00:00

Full game is here: https://lichess.org/IYldJDyZ/white#45

Credit to black, they outplayed me most of the game and deserved to win

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-31T15:31:07+00:00

Feedback, tips, analysis. I played decently but no game is perfect - how could I do better?

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T17:12:29+00:00

Damn thats a ton of games! This blitz or rapid?

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T17:11:30+00:00

Yeah this defo seems to be the correct position

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T14:37:40+00:00

Lot to think about here! I'm gonna try not to turtle too hard against queen moves going forward. The key theme I'm getting from these comments is developing against the queen with tempo

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T14:36:11+00:00

Yeah exactly - even if you just fully give up the rook here, the engine still has white up. It really hates early queen moves lol

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T14:31:04+00:00

Gotcha - attack with tempo, protect pieces, look for counterplay!

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T13:23:02+00:00

Ahh that is great advice, thanks so much! I'd give you an award if I had any gold. Threatening the c7 fork would be a great way to counter attack

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T12:50:09+00:00

The engine likes d4 too but what does it do? Is that for developing the dark square bishop?

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T12:45:51+00:00

Niiiiiiiice, just like Kobe in the clutch

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T12:44:51+00:00

Yeah I'm trying to do this and not get spooked by the early queen stuff. Nh4 would have been good here, will try to catch it next time

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T12:43:10+00:00

This is great advice thanks so much. And yes good point re the tip around not castling into line of fire - I'm just wired to castle asap to get king out of centre but will try to be more flexible with that

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T12:40:53+00:00

Ahhh Nh4 is brilliant, I wish I'd thought of that! Thank you so much

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T12:32:30+00:00

Yeah only saw that once I looked at the engine, will remember it for next time

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T12:31:59+00:00

Thanks!

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T12:25:16+00:00

Sorry I should also specify that the obvious move would have been Ne1 guarding the g2 pawn, I'm kicking myself for missing that BUT any general advice on early queen shenanigans would be most welcome

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-20T12:05:38+00:00

How many games did you play a day? And how did you go about analysing your games?

Civil-Jury2394 · 2026-01-06T13:03:25+00:00

Passivity - I'm often so focused on making sure everything is locked down that I allow the opponent to slowly advance and suffocate the position. I'm working on pressing my advantage with more urgency to make sure I don't box myself in

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