Poor queen!

“You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before Becoming a good player” – José Raúl Capablanca

Have you ever fallen into the opponent's clever plan and loose material? Or have you ever ignored opponent's threat and ended up in a piece trap? Well, this is very serious matter because I have seen this in intermediate and advanced players. First of all let's see how "piece trap" actually works?

• When limiting its mobility using pawns/pieces and attacking it/locking it out of the game
• When chasing it to a bad square or corner of the board, where its mobility will be limited
• When luring the piece into one’s own camp and cutting off the ways for retreat

Now let's see exactly when it happens?

• When you are tempted to take something
• When you only count your own ideas and forget about your opponent's one

Now have you end up in any of the above situation? I guess, pretty much yes!. In this my game my opponent lost his/her queen only on 11th move!. When I played 8.Nb5 my idea is to play 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6 where I have the advantage of having Bishop pair and opponent's uncastled King. So here Black must be very careful therefore best move for black is 8..0-0 where King safety should get the high priority . But Black carelessly played 8..Na5?? which allow me to play 9.Be3 and Black is in serious trouble e.g 9..Bc5 won't help because 10.b4!! wins a piece(Checkout the variation in the game below) so Black played 9..Qd8 10.Bf4! Nxc4?? last nail in the coffin!(10..e5 is best) 11.Bc7! and Queen is trap. Obviously my opponent underestimate or overlooked my threat. Here is my game,

A46 Indian Defense: Knights Variation