Queen and Rook vs Queen and Knight

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zefan123

When i was studying which piece is better in chess bishop or knight, i found many factors involved. one of them was piece cordination which showed queen and knight are better partners than queen and bishop. so i reasearched on that too, i found out that queen + knight is better bc they both can do what each other can't. making them a unique and dangerous combination. however i saw in some places that people wrote the queen and bishop or queen and rook add reducancy in one area for the queen.  I understand that but queen and rook can checkmate the king extremly quickly ( ladder mate or kill box mate). queen and knight can do it slower than queen and rook but they can do it with style but isn't chess about how fast u can mate the king? even though Q + N can do some extremly strong and amazing attacks, queen and rook can pin or immobilize the king too. Plus queen + rook vs queen is a win while q + n is usully draw but if the queen is seperated from his king, then its a win, i think but still Q + R vs Q is always winning. My opinion is Q + R is better. whats yours?

Yurinclez2

Of course i prefer QR since a sole rook is enough to force mate. However even in an even position where i held QR against QN i don't think i would win or win at ease if my opponent was skillful enough. I think QN could bother me much if played by a skillful opponent.

Also R vs N started in an even position is a forced draw. 

 

zefan123

thanks for ur opinion and about r vs n since ur studying it, it has 75% drawing chances and 25% winning if ur the rook try to separate the king from the knight and checkmate the king or trap the knight and if ur the knight, try to keep it close to the king