White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
Queen and Pawn vs. Queen endings are our focus this week. They are very practical things to study. This one shows how careful you have to be when you check the other person’s king.
Solution:
Marusenko – Khodotov, Kiev, 1998: 1.Qc7+ Kd5 [1...Kf6 2.Qb6+; 1...Ke4 2.Qh7+] 2.Qb7+ 1–0
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