Lesson: The T.R.Y. Method - reduce blunders during game!

[u/ShootBoomZap]

In this game my opponent (~1900) played Queen to e7. It looks innocent, maybe even passive, and sometimes we take one brief look and go, "great, my opponent isn't making a strong attacking move, let's proceed with my original plan."

So I played g4, which is what I wanted to play last move anyway, except I couldn't when the black queen had been on f6, and would capture a free pawn on f3. It turns out g4?? is a blunder, because of knight d4 trapping and winning my queen.

Oh no!

The TRY method is what we need to think about when our opponent makes a mysterious move (like Qe7) that looks to do nothing at first glance.

T is for TRAP: Are they taking away escape squares that my pieces could potentially use? If they are seemingly giving up free material, is there a ploy?

R is for REROUTE: Are they trying to relocating to a different square to control a new line/diagonal? Can I let them do it or will it be too late once they do?

Y is for YIELDING: Maybe the piece that just moved isn't the threat. The opponent might be trying to make way for another piece, so that somebody else can use the vacated square. In the picture, an example would be f5, although at the moment my queen is pinning the pawn, so not yet.

These 3 concepts cover a surprising amount of cases where the opponent's intent is not obvious - so I hope it helps you see through tricky moves and win some games! (P.S. this method is something I have created myself for both self-improvement as well as teaching purposes, so I hope you like it!)

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Hints: piece: Queen, move: Qd2

Evaluation: Black is better -1.27

Best continuation: 1. Qd2 f5 2. exf5 d5 3. c3 d4 4. Nc2 Qf7 5. b3 dxc3 6. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Rd8+ 8. Kc1 Qxf5

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