zamar wrote:Nice example of how two queens do not work well together! This is a well known fact for top players.
[d]6Q1/1q6/6p1/p2R1p1p/6kP/6P1/4P1K1/q7 b - - 0 1
Another example, the two queens can't prevent being mated:
Thornton - Horrocks 1984
Spark 0.3a:
20/41 00:57 72.893.662 1.268.399 -M16 Qa1f6 Kg2h2 Qb7b6 Rd5xf5 Kg4xf5 Qg8d5+ Qf6e5 Qd5f3+ Kf5e6 Qf3g2 Qb6b2 Qg2c6+ Ke6e7 Kh2h1 Qb2b1+ Kh1h2 Qe5xe2+ Qc6g2 Qb1a2 Qg2xe2+ Qa2xe2+ Kh2g1 Ke7e6 g3g4 h5xg4 h4h5 g4g3 h5xg6 Qe2f2+ Kg1h1 Qf2h2+
21/41 01:13 100.411.489 1.362.657 -M15 Qa1f6 Kg2h2 Qb7b6 Rd5xf5 Kg4xf5 Qg8d5+ Qf6e5 Qd5f3+ Kf5e6 Qf3g2 Qb6b2 Qg2c6+ Ke6e7 Kh2h1 Qe5xg3 Qc6c5+ Ke7f7 Qc5a7+ Kf7f6 Qa7a6+ Kf6g7 Qa6a7+ Kg7h6 Qa7e3+ Qg3xe3 Kh1g2 Qb2xe2+ Kg2h1 Qe3c1+
22/41 01:33 138.186.985 1.476.451 -M15 Qa1f6 Kg2h2 Qb7b6 Rd5xf5 Kg4xf5 Qg8d5+ Qf6e5 Qd5f3+ Kf5e6 Qf3g2 Qb6b2 Qg2c6+ Ke6e7 Kh2h1 Qe5xg3 Qc6c5+ Ke7f7 Qc5a7+ Kf7f6 Qa7a6+ Kf6g7 Qa6a7+ Kg7h6 Qa7e3+ Qg3xe3 Kh1g2 Qb2xe2+ Kg2h1 Qe3c1+
23/41 02:19 224.951.165 1.617.620 -M15 Qa1f6 Kg2h2 Qb7b6 Rd5xf5 Kg4xf5 Qg8d5+ Qf6e5 Qd5f3+ Kf5e6 Qf3g2 Qb6b2 Qg2c6+ Ke6e7 Kh2h1 Qe5xg3 Qc6c5+ Ke7f7 Qc5a7+ Kf7f6 Qa7a6+ Kf6g7 Qa6a7+ Kg7h6 Qa7e3+ Qg3xe3 Kh1g2 Qb2xe2+ Kg2h1 Qe3c1+
24/41 03:41 380.274.969 1.717.538 -M15 Qa1f6 Kg2h2 Qb7b6 Rd5xf5 Kg4xf5 Qg8d5+ Qf6e5 Qd5f3+ Kf5e6 Qf3g2 Qb6b2 Qg2c6+ Ke6e7 Kh2h1 Qe5xg3 Qc6c5+ Ke7f7 Qc5a7+ Kf7f6 Qa7a6+ Kf6g7 Qa6a7+ Kg7h6 Qa7e3+ Qg3xe3 Kh1g2 Qb2xe2+ Kg2h1 Qe3c1+
25/41 07:27 780.874.321 1.745.395 -M15 Qa1f6 Kg2h2 Qb7b6 Rd5xf5 Kg4xf5 Qg8d5+ Qf6e5 Qd5f3+ Kf5e6 Qf3g2 Qb6b2 Qg2c6+ Ke6e7 Kh2h1 Qe5xg3 Qc6c5+ Ke7f7 Qc5a7+ Kf7f6 Qa7a6+ Kf6g7 Qa6a7+ Kg7h6 Qa7e3+ Qg3xe3 Kh1g2 Qb2xe2+ Kg2h1 Qe3c1+