The third part of the endgame series tackles queen endings, rook against minor pieces, queen against rook and queen against two rooks. Queen endings are not nearly as mysterious as they appear at first sight. Knowing a few rules of thumb and principles will make things very much easier for you.
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52...Kf5? 52...Kh6 53.Kg3 Qe7 53...d4 54.exd4 Qxd4 55.Qxe6+ Kh7 56.Qf5+ Kh6 57.Qf8+ Kh7 58.Qe7+ Kh8 58...Kh6 59.Qd6++- 58...Kg6 59.Qd6+ Qxd6 60.exd6 Kf6 61.f4 gxf4+ 62.Kxf4 Ke6 63.Kg5 Kxd6 64.Kxh5+- 59.Qxg5 Qxb2 60.Kh2 Qxa3 61.Qd8+ Kg7 62.e6 Qf8 63.e7 Qf4+ 64.g3 Qxf3 65.e8Q Qf2+ 66.Kh3 Qf5+ 67.Kg2 Qc2+ 68.Kf3 Qf5+ 69.Ke3+- 54.Kh3 Qd7 55.g4 hxg4+ 56.fxg4 56.Kxg4 d4 57.f4 57.Qxg5+ Kh7 58.exd4 Qxd4+ 59.Kh5 Qxb2 60.Qh6+ Kg8 61.Qxe6+ Kf8 62.Qf6+ Ke8 63.Qg6+ 63.f4 Qe2+ 64.Kg5 Qg2+ 65.Kf5 Qc2+ 66.Kg5 66.Ke6?? Qc6+ 67.Kf5 Qxf6+ 68.exf6 b4 69.Kg6 Kf8-+ 66...Qg2+= 63...Kf8 64.Qd6+ 64.e6?? Qh2+ 65.Kg5 Qg2+ 66.Kf6 Qxg6+ 67.Kxg6 b4-+ 64...Ke8 65.Kg6 Qg2+ 66.Kf6 Qxf3+= 56...Qe7 56...d4 57.Qh8+ Kg6 58.exd4+- 57.Kg3 Qd7 58.Qh8+ Kg6 59.Qh5+ Kg7 60.Qxg5++- - Start an analysis engine:
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| Pedersen,H | 2152 | Stark,T | 2013 | ½–½ | 2017 | D02 | Werther Open | 1 |
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