Vaishali's queen

by Karsten Müller
6/4/2024 – In queen endings it is often a good idea to centralise your queen and king safety plays a crucial role. In the diagram position, which is from a game Vaishali played against Aleksandra Goryachkina at the Women's Candidates, it is White to move and win. What should White do?
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1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.Bc2 Nb4 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Nge2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nxc2+ 12.Qxc2 e6 13.Qd3 Rc8 14.0-0 a6 15.Qg3 g6 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bh6 Bf8 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Bh6 Rc4 20.Rfd1 Bf8 21.Bg5 Qc7 22.Rac1 Bg7 23.b3 Rc6 24.Ne2 0-0 25.h4 Rc8 26.h5 Rc2 27.Qg4 Qd7 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.hxg6 fxg6 30.Nf4 Rc6 31.Rd3 Qf7 32.Qh4 Nd7 33.Rh3 Nf8 34.Be7 Qf5 35.Nd3 Rc3 36.Rf3 Qe4 37.Qh3 Rc6 38.Rf4 Qe2 39.Bf6 h6 40.Bxg7 Kxg7 41.Rxf8 Kxf8 42.Qxh6+ Ke7 43.Qxg6 Qe4 44.Qg7+ Ke8 45.Qg8+ Ke7 46.Qg7+ Ke8 47.Qg8+ Ke7 48.Nc5 Qe1+ 49.Kh2 Qxf2 50.Qg5+ Ke8 51.Nxb7 Qxd4 52.Qg8+ Ke7 53.Qg5+ Ke8 54.Qd8+ Kf7 55.Qf6+ Ke8 56.Qg6+ Ke7 57.Qh7+ Ke8 58.Qg8+ Ke7 59.Qg5+ Ke8 60.Nd6+ Rxd6 61.exd6 Qh8+ 62.Kg3 Qc3+ 63.Kg4 Qb4+ 64.Qf4 d4 Vaishali's queen In queen endings it is often a good idea to centralise your queen and king safety plays a crucial role. In the diagram position, which is from a game Vaishali played against Aleksandra Goryachkina at the Women's Candidates, it is White to move and win. What should White do?
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Vaishali,R2475Goryachkina,A25531–02024B22FIDE Womens Candidates 202411.4

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