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Week: 18th - 24th Sep

Topic: Queen Trade II

When we are going to talk about queens, we should decide the timing to
trade them off or to keep them on the board.

In general the Queens should be trade if:

 1 You are under serious attack, trade could ease the pressure

 2 You get a superior endgame

 3 You create advantage on the pawn structure

 4 There is/are tactics that favor

 5 The opponent’s queen is better

Eg.4 2+3

By forcing the trade of queens white activates

his rook and eliminates black's only active piece.
Moreover, he will be left with important
weaknesses on dark squares that white can
easily exploit...

Damljanovic, B. vs Perunovic, Milch-SRBKragujevac SRB29 Apr 2010 1-0

 Eg.5 Should we trade the Queen?
White is better here.
 Black has some weak squares: _______
 Black’s pieces are uncoordinated
 Botvinnik use his active pieces to increase
the pressure
1. Qc1 (Qxe7+?, gives black equality after Nxe7

Rc1 Rh6) Qd6 2. Na5 Bd7 3. Nxc6 Qxc6 4. Qg5 Rh6 5.

Qe7+ Kg8

Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Khavin, Abram LeonidovichURS-ch13Moscow27 May 19441-0

Bonus game (Please Copy and Paste to the PGN) :

[[Site
Event ""]
"Vilnius"]
[Date
[Round"1978.??.??"]
"1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black
[Result "1/2-1/2"] Mark"]
"Dvoretzky,
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventDate
[EventRounds "15"]"1978.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
{makes
As usual is these
instead usefulpositions,
developmentwhite delays
moves.} getting
8... his bishop
c6 9. a3 Ba5 out( 9...
of f1Bxc3+
and { is
answered with} 10. Rxc3 { , the idea being that, after capturing on d5, white
will be ready to either occupy the c file if black plays
attack on the queenside with b4-b5 in case of exd5.} 10... Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 cxd5 or start an
12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. O-O Nc8 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Rc1 a6 18. a4
a5 19. Qb1
Vazquez { [%csl Rb7][%cal
Igarza,R Gb1b7]} 19...
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) Seville axb4 21. )10.Qxb4
Bd3$11
dxc4{
11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. O-O { White has developed all his pieces, while black has yet
to solve the
knight.} problem
12... Qe7 { of the c8 bishop
Preparing and find
the freeing an active
rupture e6-e5.} square for his
( 12... e5 {
immediately wasn't possible because of} 13. Ne4 Qg6 ( 13... Qe7 14. d5 $16
)14. dxe5 Qxe4 15. Qa4 $1 { [%csl Re4][%cal Ga4a5,
now get his piece back with advantage} 15... Qg6 16. Qxa5 $16 )13. Ba2 Gc4f7] The point! White{ Anwill
useful move that avoids any tempo-winning moves that black might have.} 13...
e5 14. d5 { Of course, white is not interested in opening
14. b4 { followed by 15. d5 was also interesting} 14... Bb6 ( 14... Bc7 15. black's pieces.} (
Nd5 cxd5 16. Rxc7 $14 )15. d5 $14 )14... Bxc3 { Eliminating white's active
knight}
queen after} 15. Rxc316. e4Qxd5( { {Of[%csl
course,Re5]}not16...
} 15... e4cxd5 { , activating
17. Nd4 Nf6 18. Qa5 white's
$14 )16. d6
$6 { It looks like white is gaining space, but the problem is that this pawn
might
[%csl Rc6]} )17. cxd7 fxg2 18. Re1 Bxd7 19. Rc7 Rfd8 20. Rxb7 Qe8 $16
be difficult to protect.} ( 16. dxc6 exf3 ( 16... bxc6 17. Nd4 $13 {)16...
Qf6 ( 16... Qd8 $1 { , keeping the option of Nf6 open, was better} 17. Nd2 Nf6
18.
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managed 20. Qxe4 Qf6 $11 the
to exchange { black obtains
passive a better
knight from d7}version)17.
Nd2 Qxd6 18. Nxe4 { Black has to choose between exchanging the queens and
keeping them. Let's asses who would benefit from this
after capturing on d1, black would willingly develop white's last piece - the trade. First of all,
rook from f1. Secondly, we could say that, in this moment, the queen is black's
only active
position, so piece. In conclusion,
black takes the right the trade would
decision:} 18...only
Qe7improve
$1 { [%cal white's
Gd7f6]
Wanting to continue his development with Nf6.} 19. Ng3 ( { White should
probably have fought for the control of the center
$14 { , as black still doesn't have a good square for his bishop} )19... with } 19. Nd6 Nf6 20.
Nf6Rd3
{
Black has finally managed to solve his development problems.} 20. e4 ( {
Again,
now can simply be answered with} 21... Bg4 22. f3 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {{
the idea of } 20. Rd3 { was interesting} )20... Rd8 21. Qc2 ( 21. Rd3
[%cal Gf6d7,Gd7e5]} )21... Be6 22. Bb1 { [%cal Ge4e5]} 22... Qd6 { Stopping
the threat}
because 23. black
it gives f4 Qd4+ the24. Kh1 ( { }Trading
initiative 24. Qf2queens
Qxf2+ 25.no longer
Rxf2 ( favors
25. Kxf2 white
$2
Rd2+ )25... Rd1+ 26. Rf1 Rd4 { [%cal Ga8d8] white's pieces look uncoordinated}
)24...
would Qd2
lead25. to af5superior
$1 { Allowing
endgame the for
trade, butsince
black, on white's terms.}
his rooks are more( 25.active}
Qxd2 {
25... Rxd2 26. f5 ( 26. Rc2 Rad8 $15 )26... Bd7 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 Re8 { /\
c5,
the Bc6 Xe4} )25...
previously shownQxc2 26. Bxc2
variation, as heBd7 { White
hasn't has reached
allowed black toaactivate
better version
his of
rooks.} 27. e5 Ng4 $2 ( 27... Nd5 { would have kept the balance} 28. Rb3 b6
29. Re1 f6has
as white 30.noe6rookBe8entries.}
31. Rd3 Ne7 )28.32.
Nh5Red1 Rxd3Rg7][%cal
{ [%csl 33. Rxd3 Gc3g3]
Kf8 { with equality,
returning the
favor} ( 28. e6 $1 { was better} 28... Be8 ( 28... fxe6 29. Bb3 Re8 30. Re1
$16
Freeing the d file for the rook and keeping an eye on f7.} 31. Rg3 ( 31. f6 {Be8 {
Kf7 31. Ne4 )29. Ne4 Rd4 30. Rg3 $16 )28... Nxe5 29. Rg3 Kh8 30. Rxg7
would have kept the advantage} 31... Rd2 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Be4 { [%csl
Rh6][%cal Gh2h3] followed
Black has managed by h3 and
to equalize} Rxh6{ or
32. Nf6 Nh5-g3,
[%cal Gg3g8]}Rg7 and32...Nf5}
Bd7 {)31... Rd2 {
Defending
g8} 33. Re3 Nc4 34. Re7 Rxc2 35. Rxd7 ( 35. Rxf7 $2 { [%cal Gf7h7]} 35...
Bxf5
Rxb7 $1Rxb2)35...
38. Kg7
Rc7 36.Nxa3 Nh5+ Kf8 { Black keeps everything uder control} 37.
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