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Leading Ladies
Compiled by Korora
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The Queen takes center stage (and sometimes Queens plural).

Mackenzie vs Mason, 1882 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 144 moves, 1/2-1/2

The Queen is dead, long live the Queen! And again!
L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1

H Wolf vs Duras, 1907 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 168 moves, 1-0

Checkmate with one Queen, while another pins the enemy Queen
Ed Lasker vs Alekhine, 1913 
(A80) Dutch, 46 moves, 0-1

Alekhine vs NN, 1915 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0

Everyone knows Youngman's punch line, right?
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs H Wolf, 1922 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0

Multiple Q sacs
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922 
(A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1

Bogoljubov vs Saemisch, 1938 
(A14) English, 68 moves, 1-0

B Andersen vs Petrosian, 1960 
(E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 29 moves, 0-1

T Casper vs K Heckert, 1975 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Well, she tried.
Portisch vs Timman, 1978 
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 60 moves, 0-1

Adams vs V Dimitrov, 1993 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2

Azmaiparashvili vs Van Wely, 1989 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 43 moves, 1-0

Four Queens on the board.
Gelfand vs Azmaiparashvili, 2003 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 51 moves, 1-0

B Munguntuul vs S Swaminathan, 2007 
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 109 moves, 0-1

Six Queens, three per side
E Szalanczy vs T Nguyen, 2009 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2

Y D Deng vs Y Tugstumur, 2016 
(A58) Benko Gambit, 76 moves, 0-1

AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018  
(C11) French, 240 moves, 1/2-1/2

Mamedyarov vs Grischuk, 2018 
(D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 39 moves, 1-0

Keymer vs G Meier, 2019 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 81 moves, 1-0

V Kovalev vs D Gavrilescu, 2019 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 152 moves, 1-0

E Rosen vs S Lang, 2019 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

M Muzychuk vs Koneru, 2020 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

Two Queens to one are not always enough.
So vs Aronian, 2022 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 37 moves, 0-1

Once again, two Queens to one are not always enough.
J G Cardoso Cardoso vs P Ponkratov, 2023 
(A17) English, 40 moves, 1-0

Pawn queens and resignation ensues.
I Krush vs G Tokhirjonova, 2023 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 51 moves, 1-0

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