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Double Excelsior
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Both sides send a pawn on an early excursion, capturing their way simultaneously to promotion and a four-Queen game ... several occur in a theoretical Meran line (9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6 cxb2 12.fxg7 bxa1Q 13.gxh8Q) but other routes exist, such as mine in an English: e4xf5xe6xd7xc8Q.

My contribution to the genre
G McCarthy vs M Kennefick, 1977 
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 22 moves, 1-0

It's not the Queen Pair, it's the initiative
Rosenberg vs Tartakower, 1954 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 19 moves, 0-1

The extra Queens don't last but the end is pretty
Zsuzsa Polgar vs V Dimitrov, 1984 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 1-0

Meran 4 Queens get activity
V Barsauskas vs Kholmov, 1955
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 0-1

A rare White win in 4-Queen Meran Var
Lazarov vs Goldstein, 1962 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

Slav, Meran, Double Excelsior Variation
I Johannsson vs Z Nilsson, 1954 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1

Earliest Meran Dbl-X game, but all 4 Queens are exchanged
Chekhover vs Suetin, 1951 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2

Meran X: 4 Queens by move 13, gone by move 23
L Pliester vs Dreev, 1989 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1

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