2 rooks vs 1 queen

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ANINDO_KUNDU
which one would be better for Checkmate in an end game
KeSetoKaiba

That's a complicated question to answer. The queen is probably better for "checkmate" if there are many pawns on the board in a favorable way, but if there aren't many helpful pawns to support the queen, but the queen is almost useless is checkmating by herself.

Typically, more advanced players will choose the 2 rooks and then have them defend each other, so neither can be forked by the queen. It really depends more on other variables such as king safety or initiative:

chesswlh4
I’d personally say the two rooks because rooks can defend each other and if they are far away from the king there’s like no way to fork or pin the rooks to the king and there’s no way for the queen to take the rooks
blackinght

all thing on the board equal 2 rooks are stronger then a queen. 2 rooks can attack or overload a square or another piece. 2 rooks control more squares then a queen. 2 rooks working in union can over power a queen (overload). force multiplier a single piece can only really be in 1 place performing 1 function 2 pieces can perform 2 different tasks. same as 2 minor pieces are stronger then a single rook. the equalizer is of the player with 2 rooks king is weak and exposed. this allows the queen superior mobility to compensate.

CraigIreland

Chess.com is mostly Speed Chess and I'd suggest that a Queen is more dangerous in Speed Chess than in Chess played on classical time scales.

MariasWhiteKnight

The problem with the queen is that its the best piece to do forks.

But two rooks can easily circumvent that by protecting each other, so a fork is never possible. And with two pieces you can attack twice.

The rest depends upon the position.

And yes two rooks can checkmate on their own, something the queen cant do either.