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This is an instructive composition by Van Vliet that shows the queen’s “geometric possibilities.”


1.Qb4 Qd5 [1...Qe8+ 2.b8N+; 1...Qf3 2.Qa4+ Kb6 3.Qb3+ Qxb3 4.b8Q+; 1...Qh1 2.Qa3+ Kb6 3.Qb2+ Kc5 4.Ka7 Qh7 5.Qb6+ Kd5 6.Ka8 Qe4 7.b8Q Qa4+ 8.Kb7 Qd7+ 9.Q8c7 Qe8 10.Qbd6+ Ke4 11.Qce7+] 2.Qa4+ Kb6 3.Qb3+ Qxb3 4.b8Q+

 


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