You are not allowed to move through the smaller pieces, I think. Maybe start in the other direction and go around?

Some actual advice for other chess noobs like me who blunder all over.

Your queen is your most valuable piece and many other noobs are over relying on it,

Therefor always try to do a queen trade whenever possible, stops you from blundering her away and gives you an experience advantage over many opponents.

Sooooo, I just suggest to my opponent that we just dump our queens?

I wish I had thought of that before

yes, first the tennison gambit and then launch your

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to decimate blacks remaining forces.

Some actual chess advice: the thimble is the most powerful piece, even stronger than the top hat.
I’ve been using the little dog like a complete noob.
You fool. You absolute buffoon. You complete fucking nitwit.
Some of the best chess players are also in jail.
Why is it always white against black and never the workers over the capitalists?

When you put it that way, the Soviets must have loved chess more than they hated capitalism back in the day, because they didn’t change the rules:

I have a plan - attack
I use ultimate move: flip the table and eat the pieces.