Dancing queen

by Oliver Reeh
9/10/2022 – In the diagram position, Black can ensure the promotion of her passed d-pawn with three precise queen moves, the last one being the trickiest. Technique meets tactics - your call!
88 times, IM Oliver Reeh leads you step by step through the most brillant game conclusions of the world champions - in interactive Fritztrainer format, enabling you to enter the winning moves yourself.
 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3 Bd6 8.Qc2 c6 9.Nge2 a5 10.Bd2 Na6 11.0-0 Nc7 12.Na4 Ne6 13.b4 axb4 14.Bxb4 Re8 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Rfc1 Ng4 17.Ng3 g6 18.Qb3 Ng7 19.Nb6 Ra7 20.Qb4 Qf6 21.Nh1 Qg5 22.Qc5 Ne6 23.Qd6 Qd8 24.Qb4 h5 25.h3 Nf6 26.a4 Nd7 27.a5 Nxb6 28.axb6 Rxa1 29.Rxa1 Nf8 30.Ng3 Nd7 31.Rb1 Qe7 32.Qc3 Nf6 33.Ne2 Be6 34.Qa5 Qd7 35.Ra1 Bf5 36.Nf4 g5 37.Bxf5 Qxf5 38.Ne2 Ne4 39.Qe1 h4 40.Ra7 Re7 41.Ra8+ Kg7 42.Rb8 Qd7 43.Qb4 Re8 44.Rxe8 Qxe8 45.Nc3 Nxc3 46.Qxc3 Qe4 47.Qb4 Qe6 48.Qa3 Qc8 49.Qe7 Kg6 50.Kh2 Qa8 51.f4 f6 52.Qd7 Qb8 53.Kh1 gxf4 54.Qg4+ Kf7 55.exf4 Qd8 56.Qh5+ Kg7 57.f5 Qh8 58.Qg4+ Kf7 59.Qf4 Qd8 60.Qxh4 Qxb6 61.Qh7+ Ke8 62.Qg6+ Ke7 63.Qg7+ Ke8 64.Qg8+ Kd7 65.Qf7+ Kc8 66.Qxf6 Qb1+ 67.Kh2 Qf1 68.Qe6+ Kb8 69.Qe5+ Ka7 70.h4 Qf2 71.Kh3 c5 72.dxc5 d4 73.c6 bxc6 74.Qc7+ Ka6 75.Qxc6+ Ka5 76.Qc5+ Ka4 77.h5 Qe3+ 78.g3 Qe4 79.Qc4+ Ka5 80.Qe6 Qh1+ 81.Kg4 Qd1+ 82.Kg5 d3 83.h6 Qc1+ 84.Kg6 d2 85.Qd5+ Kb4 86.Qe4+ Qc4 87.Qb1+ Qb3 88.Qe4+ Qc4 89.Qf3?? Dancing queen In the diagram position, Black can ensure the promotion of her passed d-pawn with three precise queen moves, the last one being the trickiest. Technique meets tactics - your call!
In queen endgames, it's usually not the number of passed pawns that counts, but their quality - and here Black (penultimate rank) is clearly ahead! Best queen move for Black?
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Steingrimsson,H2535Tania,S23920–12022E48Reykjavik Open 20227.8

 

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Oliver Reeh has been working for ChessBase for many years as a translator and presenter of the internet show TV ChessBase, and he also looks after the tactics column in ChessBase Magazine, for which he has also been responsible as editor-in-chief since 2019. The International Master has contributed to the CB "MasterClass" series and is the author of the DVDs "Strike like the World Champions" and "Master Class Tactics - Train your combination skills!" Volumes 1 & 2. Oliver Reeh lives in Hamburg.
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