Two times three queens

by Oliver Reeh
12/28/2018 – Despite his huge material plus, in the diagram position White is the one who must seek salvation with only moves. Things start with 33.Qxe8+ Qxe8 34.Qd2 Qe5 — the rest will be up to you. Ready?
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Dancing queens

Positions with more than two queens always seem somewhat irrational by nature — chess players simply are not used to these scenarios. In this game the "queen majority" even shifts!

 
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1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 d5 3.e5 c5 4.d4 Nc6 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bf5 7.Nbc3 e6 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Bd3 Qb6 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Nge2 Nh6 12.Bxh6 Rxh6 13.0-0 Be7 14.Rc1 g5 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Nc5 Nxe5 17.Ng3 Nc6 18.Re1 Rh4 19.b4 a6 20.Qa4 Rc8 21.b5 Rxd4 22.Qc2 Rc4 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Qg6+ Kf8 25.Rxc4 dxc4 26.bxc6 c3 27.Nh5 Bd6 28.Rxe6 Qf7 29.cxb7 Rb8 30.Re8+ Rxe8 31.Qxd6+ Kg8 32.b8Q c2 Despite his huge material plus, in the diagram position White is the one who must seek for salvation with only moves. Things start with 33.Qxe8+ Qxe8 34.Qd2 Qe5 - the rest will be up to you. Ready? 33.Qxe8+ Qxe8 34.Qd2 Qe5!
Black threatens ... Qa1+ followed by ...c1Q. How must White continue?
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Daggupati,B2202Nyzhnyk,I26262018B12SPICE Cup Open 20186.6

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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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