One over two

Sacrificing your queen to win a game is always fun. But how about giving your opponent a second queen, and still winning? This was what happened in a 4NCL game played by Chris Skulte earlier this year. In a hard fought game, Skulte managed to get a clear advantage around move 40, but the knockout blow happened on move 51 with Bf4. This allowed his opponent to promote his c pawn a few moves later, but by then, it was all over, as Black had a forced mate.


Kay,Lee - Skulte,Chris [B01]
4NCL, 18.03.2018

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 Qd6 8. c5 Qc6 9. b4 Ne4 10. Qb3 Be7 11. Bc4 b5 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bf6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxh5 Qd5 18. Bb2 Nc6 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Rd3 Rd5 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. f4 Qd7 25. Kf2 e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Kg1 c6 28. Qd2 Bf6 29. Kh1 Bg5 30. Qf2 Bf6 31. Bc3 h6 32. Qe3 Re8 33. Qf2 Re4 34. Qg1 Qe6 35. Qf1 Re2 36. R3d2 Re3 37. Rd3 Rf5 38. Qg1 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Qxa2 40. Qe1 Qd5 41. Qa1 Rf2 42. Qg1 Qf5 43. Rd1 Bg5 44. d5 Qc2 45. dxc6 Rxg2 46. Qxg2 Qxd1+ 47. Qg1 Qf3+ 48. Qg2 Qxc3 49. c7 Qe1+ 50. Qg1 Qe6 51. Qg2 Bf4 52. Qa8+ Kh7 53. c8Q Qe1+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55. Kg1 Be3+ 56. Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1