There is a significant and growing number of ICC players who grovel, if not beg, for a very early Queen Exchange with THE WHITE PIECES!!!!!! This reminded of the humorous chess columnist named Wilson is Houston Texas USA who wrote extensively about the Idiot's Defense where Black invites a very early exchange of the Ladies. Wilson actually became quite well known in Hungary and remote parts of former Soviet Union with his expositions on viability of such a chicken shit opening.
There is even an idiot's defense accepted and declined variation to make matters even more laughable. The position you see below played in a 3 minute no increment blitz game at ICC shows Bergmann voluntarily weakening his g1-a7 diagonal for no apparent reason other than he is afraid to keep the Queens on the board for reasons unknown to this writer. I guess he is "being true to thyself" but I still find it extremely timid and unmanly.
Paraguay chess player culekhine also admits he is afraid of Queens, but I can see why since he is good at the endgame phase of our beloved game. How have the Goichberg tournaments been going in Las Vegas?
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