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Mate with only Queen and King

Mate with only Queen and King

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Just wondering if it's possible to get mate with just a queen and a king against a king. Or should I just offer a draw.

Thanks
Steve

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Yes it is, its actually quite easy and forced.

Seeing as you can mate with a rook and a king, a queen is a bit easier.

Dont draw you have a massive lead.

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Thanks, never been in the position before (obviously)

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The concept is to slowly cut down the area the lone king can go until your king has his king trapped on the edge of the board and blocking any move off the edge by itself. At that point, you bring in the rook/queen to attack the entire edge.

With the queen, you also have the option of the "fatal affair" where the queen moves directly next to the enemy king and within your own king's defense range.

There are only 2 potential hazards. The first is allowing the lone king to capture. The second, more subtle, possibility is stalemate, particularly if you trap his king in a corner.

With care though, both can be avoided without much hassle.

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Wow. Anyway, the usual method it to force the king to an edge rank or file with the queen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate

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The queen/rook are effective at cutting into the lone king's ability to roam, but it is necessary to bring your king in to block escape.

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Originally posted by SPDChess
Just wondering if it's possible to get mate with just a queen and a king against a king. Or should I just offer a draw.

Thanks
Steve
Game in progress! DO NOT GIVE HIM ANY HELP!!!

oh...too late.

I think this call for urgent action. Game has to be removed.

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Is endgame theory not allowed for discussion? My apologies..

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Originally posted by Jusuh
Game in progress! DO NOT GIVE HIM ANY HELP!!!

oh...too late.

I think this call for urgent action. Game has to be removed.
I looked and didn't see a game that was even close to K+Q v K.

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Originally posted by giantrobot
I looked and didn't see a game that was even close to K+Q v K.
look closer. there is a game where he has 3p+K vs. 1p+K. And its going to end up Q+K vs. K

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You have tutorials in Chessmaster series, it is explained good ,very easy understand, and you have exercises about the theme. You are probably aware already that you can mate with only rook and king too? It is even easier to understand the pattern.

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Originally posted by Jusuh
look closer. there is a game where he has 3p+K vs. 1p+K. And its going to end up Q+K vs. K
You're right, missed that one somehow.

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This is interesting. It is clear that it is not allowed to ask this question here on a game in process. However, the exact question is answered extensively in thousands of books, websites etc., and there is no rule against that, even for a game in process (as long as no engines or tablebases are used). Does look a bit hypochrytical, no? Like writing a parking fine for a wheel touching the outside of a white line when there was space enough inside.

Assuming the poster had no bad intentions (until proven otherwise), I would say that some of the reactions are more of a problem than the original violation. A simple reference to the ToS would have done.

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Thing is, this is a extremly basic question...

He could probably figure it out on his own.

Also, if he didn't include the part about drawing, we would have answered anyway.

He could have also just googled it.

So I didn't think it would matter.

Sorry though.

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Well there is the problem. Where to draw the line. Of course he could have just googled it. no problem with that. So why did he had to ask it here, and just when he was going to end up with Q+K vs. K position?