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teardrop34 09-Aug-21, 16:44	Queen Skewer Ladies and gents, I present to you a thing of beauty: An endgame featuring a notorious queen skewer. Here was the initial position from later in a game... 43. Kd2 Nf5 44. Kd3 Ne7 45. Kd2 Nd5 Well worked out. Should White play Nxd6 then the a-pawn cannot be stopped. 46. f5 Nxc3 Now White realized that if 47.f6 than 47...Ne4+ picks up the f-pawn. So 0-1. After this Black saw something else, and asked, if you allowed white to queen, can't black still win? Looking at this, Black can allow White to promote and then skewer the new Queen...Watch...Look...Learn. 47. f6 a2 48. f7 a1=Q 49. f8=Q I tend to like to look for alternative wrap-ups. Here, Black has that most important of things when dual promotions take place: The Move. Note: if it were White to play here, Qb8+ draws. But now, let's see how Black forced White into a skewer: 49... Qd1+ 50. Ke3 Qe2+ - If Kf4 then Qf2 is skewer number 1. 51. Kd4 Qe4+ 52. Kc5 - Only move. 52... Qb4+ - And skewer number 2 picks up the Queen. 0-1
archduke_piccolo 09-Aug-21, 18:20	Queen skewer... Sweet! Worthy of a Study!
elenapetrova 11-Aug-21, 04:53	Very interesting and instructive position but maybe White can draw after 2.Ne2 (instead of 2.Kd3)?
teardrop34 12-Aug-21, 11:28	Elenapetrova A valid point but I should point out that moves 43-46 were in the actual game. 47-52 address the alternative line with the queen skewer
archduke_piccolo 12-Aug-21, 17:03	I've has a look... ... and, yes: 44.Ne2! would have held the draw. Black can't quite prevent white's knight or king coming at his a-pawn. The 'study' would then begin with the position after 44.Kd3.

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