Questions tagged [queens]
Questions relating to the Queen
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What is the shortest possible way to checkmate your opponent without using a Queen? [duplicate]
I know about the 2 move mate where the 2 side pawns move up and the Queen comes in and delivers a swift checkmate, but what if the Queen was not being used, or wasn't on the board in the first place?
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Two Rooks v/s Queen End game
Is Two Rooks, King v/s Queen, King in the end game is a theoritical draw in chess?
No player can win by any tactics?
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How many queens can check a king without it being checkmate (with no other pieces on the board)?
I am going to write an autobiographical story. The motive is therapeutic. I suffered abuse from my father, and at the age of 20, I developed delusional disorder; the psychosis lasted for 20 years, and ...
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Queen corner round trip
In "The Ink War", Hendriks "complained" that in some game,
during the Zukertort manouvre Q-e8-h8-a1-h1 the bQ didn't start at a8.
Do you know a game with a Q corner round trip in ...
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Why is 11...Qg6 the best move in this line of the italian?
In the following position:
2kr3r/ppp1bppp/2nq4/1N2pb2/8/3PBN2/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 4 11
The engine (Stockfish 14) suggests 11...Qg6 as the best move for black. It evaluates 11...Qg6 -3.4 compared to ...
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Is Shredder just making a mistake or is there a strategy here?
I was playing against the online version of Shredder on the hard setting, and after this weird opening phase I went ahead with a queen trade, but weirdly Shredder didn't take my queen. Is this just a ...
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Has simultaneous partial queen pinning, besides mutual queen pins, happened in a master game?
In a 3+0 blitz game, this humorous position arose. Have such mutual partial pins, wherein both players pin the others queen to their king, occurred in master games?
[FEN "r3k2r/1ppb1ppp/p2bqn2/...
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I accidentally lost my queen and I resign is that a bad thing to do?
If it's bad what should I do? And I why resigning after I lost my queen is bad?
I have no way to win, and I and I have to resign because I am going to lose anyway.
So is it bad?
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How to effectively use the queen in chess opening strategy?
The queen is the most powerful piece in chess, with the ability to move in any direction and threaten a wide range of squares. However, it can be challenging to effectively use the queen in the ...
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I don't understand why this scenario is checkmate. The black rook cannot move, as it's protecting black king. Can someone explain? See photo [duplicate]
So in this scenario the White Queen put the black king in check, which was then blocked by the black rook. So, how is it that the black queen moving to the position of F1 is considered checkmate? The ...
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History of convention for king & queen placement
As stated in this question, the convention that the player with the lighter-coloured pieces makes the first move was not established until fairly late in the 19th century.
Before then, what convention ...
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What is the best approach when an opponent's queen is in the center and all of their pieces are developed?
I have played several games where my opponent's queen is somehow placed in the center of the board. However, this type of aggressive move positions my king in a dangerous spot. I can't castle because ...
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How to use my queen better
In many of my games, I'm having problems with developing my queen.
I'm aware of basic principles such as not moving the queen too early, or developing it after the minor pieces and so on. Yet, I ...
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Why is there association between a queenless position and the endgame?
Why does there seem to be some idea that trading queens is the start of the endgame? What does trading queens have to do with the endgame? Why are queenless positions often considered to be endgame ...
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Quickly losing a queen in style
I accidentally ran into this game again.
[FEN ""]
[startply "7"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 Qf6 3. e5 Qf5 4. Bd3
What would be the fastest way to lose a queen by a direct attack on ...
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