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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