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\title{Exeter Chess Club:  Kings and Queens
}

\author{Dr. Dave}

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Now, each of the pieces we have considered so far - pawns, knights, bishops and
rooks - have peculiarities which make certain positions more or less suitable
for them to operate.  Kings and Queens move in each direction with equal ease,
and so have no such rules - although Queens do like a bit of space to get into
their stride.

Their flexibility gives them value, and because they are so valuable they are
often the subject of tricks and traps in the opening.  Here's some
illustrations: forgive me using ny own but they don't put many cheapos in
master game collections.




\section{
 Kings and Queens vulnerable
}

[Event ``the wandering queen"][Site ``devon vs. glos."][Date ``1993.??.??"][Round
"?"]

[White ``regis, d."][Black ``smith, a."][Result ``1-0"]\protect\begin{chess}

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. e*d6 c*d6 6. Nc3\protect\end{chess} [\protect\begin{chess}6. Be3 g6 
7. h4 h5\protect\end{chess}]\protect\begin{chess} 6.:  g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O f5\protect\end{chess} [\protect\begin{chess}10.:  Bg4\protect\end{chess}]\protect\begin{chess} 
11. c5\protect\end{chess} [\protect\begin{chess}11. a3\protect\end{chess} or Qd2]\protect\begin{chess} 11.:  d*c5 12. d*c5 Nd7 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Nf4 Nf6 
15. Ne6 B*e6 16. B*e6 Ng4 17. Nd5 Qa5 18. Qc2\protect\end{chess} [\protect\begin{chess}18. Qc1 N*e3 19. f*e3\protect\end{chess}]\protect\begin{chess} 
18.:  N*e3 19. f*e3 Nd8 20. Bd7 e5\protect\end{chess} [\protect\begin{chess}20.:  e6 21. Nf4 e5\protect\end{chess} ( I analysed\protect\begin{chess}
21.: Rf6; 22 Qc4\protect\end{chess} idea b4 )\protect\begin{chess} 22. Nd5 Nc6 23. a3 e4 24. B*c6 b*c6 25. Nf4 
Rfe8\protect\end{chess} (fritz fancied ...Rad8 when b4 to stop ...Rd7 allows ...Bxa1 )\protect\begin{chess} 
26. b4 Qa6 27. Ra2 Rad8 28. Rd1 R*d1+ 29. Q*d1 Qc4\protect\end{chess}]\protect\begin{chess} 21. b4\protect\end{chess}



\board{r* n r k}
{pp*B* bp}
{ * * *p*}
{q PNpp* }
{ P * * *}
{* * P * }
{P*Q* *PP}
{R * *RK }
$$\showboard$$


You can tell Black is going to suffer. There are hundreds of trapped
queen miniatures (see Tactics examples)\protect\begin{chess} 21.:  Qa3 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. Ba4\protect\end{chess} [\protect\begin{chess}
23. Bb5 a6 24. Rb3 Q*b3 25. Q*b3 a*b5 26. Nb6 Rf7 27. Rd1 Rc7 28. Rd6\protect\end{chess}]\protect\begin{chess} 
23.:  e4\protect\end{chess} [\protect\begin{chess}23.:  Rc8 24. Nc3\protect\end{chess}]\protect\begin{chess} 24. Bb5 Nc6 25. Rb3 N*b4 26. R*b4 Rfd8 27. 
Ra4 Qb2 28. Q*b2 B*b2 29. Bc4 Rdc8 30. Rb1 Bg7 31. R*a7 R*c5 32. Ra*b7 
R*b7 33. R*b7 R*c4 34. Rb8+ Bf8 35. R*f8+ Kg7 36. Ra8 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 
38. Kg3 g5 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40. Ra6+ Kg7 41. a4 Rc5 42. Rd6 Ra5 43. Nb6 Ra6 
44. h4 h6 45. h5 Ra5\protect\end{chess} [\protect\begin{chess}45.:  Kh7 46. Kf2 Kg7 47. g3 Kh7 48. Ke2 Kg7 49. 
Kd2 Kh7 50. Kc3 Kg7 51. Kb4\protect\end{chess}]\protect\begin{chess} 46. Rd5 Ra6 47. Rb5\protect\end{chess} 1-0



[Event ``wandering king"][Site ``Cambridge open"][Date"1980"][Round "?"]

[White ``regis, d."][Black ``langosz, g."][Result ``1-0"]\protect\begin{chess}

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5.
Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 c*d4 8. N*d4
Bd7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. b3 Qc7 12.
N*c6\protect\end{chess} (much better is\protect\begin{chess} 12. Nd5 N*d5 13. c*d5
B*d4 14. d*c6 B*f2+ 15. R*f2
B*c6 16. Bh6 Rfc8 17. Bd5\protect\end{chess})\protect\begin{chess} 12.: 
b*c6 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14. Na4\protect\end{chess} (to tempt ...c5)\protect\begin{chess} 14.: Rab8 15. Rfd1 c5
16. Nc3 Qa7\protect\end{chess} 


\board{ rr* *k*}
{q *bppbp}
{p* p np*}
{* p * B }
{ *P* * *}
{*PN * P }
{P* QPPBP}
{* RR* K }
$$\showboard$$\protect\begin{chess}


17. B*f6 B*f6 18. Nd5 Kg7 19. N*f6 K*f6 20. Qc3+\protect\end{chess}



\board{ rr* * *}
{q *bpp*p}
{p* p kp*}
{* p * * }
{ *P* * *}
{*PQ * P }
{P* *PPBP}
{* RR* K }
$$\showboard$$\protect\begin{chess}


20.:  Kg5 21. Qg7\protect\end{chess} I pinched this idea from Petrosian! Be6 (\protect\begin{chess}21.: 
Bc6 22. f4+ Kg4 23. h3+ K*g3 24. Qh6 B*g2
25. Rd3+ Bf3 26. R*f3\#\protect\end{chess})\protect\begin{chess} 22. h4+ Kg4 23. Kh2 Rh8 24.
Bf3+ Kf5 25. e4\#\protect\end{chess} 1-0



[Event ``the queen AND king caught"][Site ``portsmouth open "][Date
``1984.??.??"][Round "\#2"]

[White ``taylor, m."][Black ``regis, d."][Result ``0-1"]\protect\begin{chess}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5.
Be3 Qa5 6. Qd2 d6 7. O-O\protect\end{chess}-O Bg4\protect\begin{chess} 8. d5
Nd4 9. B*d4\protect\end{chess} (\protect\begin{chess}9. N*d4 B*d1 10.
Nb3 B*c3 11. Q*d1 Qb4 12. b*c3 Q*e4\protect\end{chess})\protect\begin{chess} 9.:  c*d4 10.
Nb5\protect\end{chess} 


\board{r* *k*nr}
{pp* ppbp}
{ * p *p*}
{qN*P* * }
{ * pP*b*}
{* * *N* }
{PPPQ PPP}
{* KR*B*R}
$$\showboard$$


{( black has been struggling to mess white up but White has been playing a
straight bat - until now! )}\protect\begin{chess} 10.:  Bh6 11. Ng5 Q*d2+
12. R*d2 B*g5 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. N*a8
B*d2+ 15. K*d2 Kc8 16. Nb6+ a*b6 17. Kd3 Nf6\protect\end{chess}
0-1




\section{Domination by the queen}

First, Rubinstein making good use of his queen, first dominant in the centre,
then stepping neatly and quickly into enemy territory...

[Event ``dominating queen?"][Site ``gothenburg"][Date ``1920.??.??"][Round "?"]

[White ``rubinstein"][Black ``maroczy"][Result ``1-0"]\protect\begin{chess}

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 Re8 8.Qc2 d*c4
9.B*c4 c5 10.O-O c*d4 11.N*d4 a6 12.Rfd1 Qa5
13.Bh4 Ne5 14.Be2 Ng6
15.Bg3 e5 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Qb1\protect\end{chess} {!}\protect\begin{chess} 17.: Qb8
18.Bf3 Qa7 19.Na5\protect\end{chess} {!}\protect\begin{chess} 19.: Bb4
20.Nc4 Bd7 21.Nd5 N*d5
22.B*d5 Be6 23.Qe4\protect\end{chess} {!}\protect\begin{chess} 23.: B*d5
24.R*d5 Rac8\protect\end{chess} 



\board{ *r*r*k*}
{qp* *ppp}
{p* * *n*}
{* *Rp * }
{ bN*Q* *}
{* * P B }
{PP * PPP}
{* R * K }
$$\showboard$$\protect\begin{chess}


25.Rcd1 Bf8 26.b3 b5 27.Nd6 B*d6
28.R*d6 Rc7 29.h4\protect\end{chess} {!}\protect\begin{chess} 29.: f6 30.Qd5+ Kh8 31.h5 Nf8 32.h6
Ng6 33.Qe6 Rf8 34.Rd7 g*h6 35.Bh4\protect\end{chess} 1-0





\section{Active king in the ending}

I've shown several examples of this incidentally (like Bernstein-Mieses on the
Bishops sheet); here's a more close-run affair from Tal, who keeps his
initiative going throughout.




[Event ""][Site "-"][Date ``1956.??.??"][Round "?"]

[White ``tal"][Black ``lissitzin"][Result ``1-0"]\protect\begin{chess}

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 c*d4 4.N*d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4
Nc6 7.N*c6 b*c6 8.e5 Nd7 9.e*d6 e*d6 10.Be3
Be7 11.Qf3 d5 12.O-O\protect\end{chess}-O Bf6\protect\begin{chess}
13.Bd4 O-O 14.h4 Rb8 15.Qf2 Rb4 16.B*f6
N*f6 17.a3 Qb6 18.Q*b6 R*b6 19.Na4 Rb7
20.Bd3 Nh5 21.Rhf1 Re7 22.f5\protect\end{chess} {!}\protect\begin{chess} 22.: g*f5 23.Rfe1
Rfe8 24.R*e7 R*e7 25.Kd2\protect\end{chess} {!}\protect\begin{chess} 25.: Ng3 26.Kc3 f4 27.Kd4\protect\end{chess}


\board{ *b* *k*}
{p * rp*p}
{ *p* * *}
{* *p* * }
{N* K p P}
{P *B* n }
{ PP* *P*}
{* *R* * }
$$\showboard$$

\protect\begin{chess}
 27.: Bf5 28.Rd2 Re6 29.Nc5 Rh6 30.Ke5\protect\end{chess} {!}\protect\begin{chess}
30.: B*d3 31.c*d3 R*h4 32.Kd6 Rh6+ 33.Kc7 Nf5
34.Kb7 Nd4 35.Rf2 a5 36.R*f4 Ne6 37.Rg4+ Kf8 38.K*c6\protect\end{chess}
{!}\protect\begin{chess} 38.: N*c5+ 39.K*c5 Re6 40.K*d5 Rb6 41.b4 a*b4 42.a*b4 Ke7
43.Kc5 Rf6 44.Rd4 Rf5+ 45.Kb6 Rf6+ 46.Kc7 Rf5 47.Re4+ Kf6
48.Kc6 Rf2 49.g4 h5 50.g*h5 Kg5 51.b5 f5 52.Rb4 f4 53.b6 f3 54.b7\protect\end{chess}
{1-0} (\protect\begin{chess}54.b7 Rc2+ 55.Kd5 f2 56.b8=Q f1=Q 57.Qg3+ Kf6 58.Qe5+
Kf7 59.Rb7+ Rc7 60.R*c7+ Kf8 61.Qh8\#\protect\end{chess}) 1-0



Here's another difficult game, from Petrosian, featuring a bold king run




[Event ``olympiad"][Site ``varna "][Date ``1962.??.??"][Round "?"]
[White ``duckstein, a."][Black ``petrosian, t."][Result ``0-1"]\protect\begin{chess}

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 d*e4 4. N*e4 Bf5 5.
Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6
8. O-O Qc7 9. c4 O-O\protect\end{chess}-O\protect\begin{chess} 10. B*g6 h*g6 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. b4
Nh6 13. Qb3 Nf5 14. a4 e5 15. d*e5 N*e5 16. N*e5
Q*e5 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. c5 a5 19. Rad1 R*d1 20. R*d1
Rh4 21. b*a5 B*c5 22. a6 b6 23. Re1 Ka7 24.
Be5 Qd7 25. Ne4 Bd4 26. g3
B*e5 27. g*h4 Nd4 28. Qd1 Qd5 29. Re3 Nf5
30.Re1 Nd4 31. Qd3 f5 32. Ng5 c5 33. Re3 c4 34. Qd1\protect\end{chess} 


\board{ * * * *}
{k * * p }
{Pp * *p*}
{* *qbpN }
{P*pn * P}
{* * R * }
{ * * P P}
{* *Q* K }
$$\showboard$$\protect\begin{chess}


34.: K*a6 35. Ra3 Bf6 36. h3 f4 37. Qg4 Ka5 38.
Nf3 Kb4 39. N*d4 K*a3 40. Nc2+ K*a4\protect\end{chess} 0-1



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