The Queen for Three Pieces and a King

The game, move by move

An Old Indian, and both queens out

1. 1. d4 Queen’s pawn
2. 1… Nf6 The knight out
3. 2. c4 c4
4. 2… d6 d6
5. 3. Nc3 The knight out
6. 3… e5 e5, at once
7. 4. e4 e4
8. 4… exd4 Taken
9. 5. Qxd4 The queen recaptures
10. 5… Nc6 The knight out, at her
11. 6. Qd2 The queen to d2
12. 6… g6 g6
13. 7. b3 b3
14. 7… Bg7 Bg7 — the long diagonal It comes back to h6 and then to g7 again. Both squares matter: h6 for the pawn storm and g7 for the check that starts the king walking.
15. 8. Bb2 The bishop to b2
16. 8… O-O Black castles
17. 9. Bd3 The bishop to d3
18. 9… Ng4 Ng4 — the knight comes forward Move eight, and Black has a knight on g4 and a queen coming to h4. Nothing about this is careful.
19. 10. Nge2 The knight to e2
20. 10… Qh4 The queen to h4
21. 11. Ng3 The knight to g3, holding
22. 11… Nge5 The second knight to e5

Pawns at each other on the kingside

1. 12. O-O White castles
2. 12… f5 f5 — the pawns start f5, f4, g5, g4 — four pawn moves in seven, thrown at a castled king with every piece behind them.
3. 13. f3 f3, holding e4
4. 13… Bh6 The bishop to h6
5. 14. Qd1 The queen back to d1
6. 14… f4 f4, past the knight
7. 15. Nge2 The knight to e2
8. 15… g5 g5
9. 16. Nd5 The knight to d5
10. 16… g4 g4, and the pawns are through
11. 17. g3 g3, blocking
12. 17… fxg3 Taken
13. 18. hxg3 And recaptured
14. 18… Qh3 The queen to h3 — the square she is given from She stands on h3 for six half-moves and then steps to h2, where she is not taken for another six.
15. 19. f4 f4, at the knight
16. 19… Be6 The bishop to e6
17. 20. Bc2 The bishop to c2
18. 20… Rf7 The rook to f7

The queen sits on h2

1. 21. Kf2 Kf2 — the first king move And the last one he makes voluntarily. From here every move of his is forced.
2. 21… Qh2+ Qh2+ — the queen offered, and left She goes to h2 with check on a square the rook covers, and White does not take her: taking loses to the rook coming to f3. So she sits there for six moves while Black brings up everything else.
3. 22. Ke3 Ke3 — the king walks instead
4. 22… Bxd5 The bishop takes the knight on d5
5. 23. cxd5 Recaptured with the pawn
6. 23… Nb4 The knight to b4, coming across
7. 24. Rh1 The rook to h1, at last at the queen
8. 24… Rxf4 The rook takes f4 — another offer A rook thrown in on f4, so that the file is open when the queen finally goes.
9. 25. Rxh2 The queen, taken at last Six moves after she was offered. Black now has two rooks, two knights and a bishop against a queen and a rook, and a white king on e3.
10. 25… Rf3+ The rook to f3, with check
11. 26. Kd4 Kd4 — into the middle of the board
12. 26… Bg7 Bg7 — the diagonal again The bishop comes back to g7 and now the long diagonal runs into the white king’s corner of the board.

The king walked to a5

1. 27. a4 a4
2. 27… c5+ c5, with check
3. 28. dxc6 Taken
4. 28… bxc6 And taken back
5. 29. Bd3 The bishop to d3, blocking
6. 29… Nexd3+ The knight takes it, with check
7. 30. Kc4 Kc4 — further out
8. 30… d5+ d5, with check
9. 31. exd5 Taken
10. 31… cxd5+ And taken again, with check A pawn checking a king on c4 from d5. Every black piece is now on the board and pointed at one square.
11. 32. Kb5 Kb5
12. 32… Rb8+ The rook to b8, with check
13. 33. Ka5 Ka5 — the corner of the board
14. 33… Nc6+ Nc6+ — and White resigned The knight steps to c6 and there is exactly ONE legal move in the position. Polugaevsky did not play it. A white king on a5 on move thirty-three, with Black a queen down on the count and every other piece on the board.