winning when you're down a queen

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krselders

I thought it would be cool to see if anyone has some examples of games in which someone who lost his/her queen relatively early in the game managed to win despite his/her opponent having the advantage of a queen.

sparky_k24

It's happened, there is actually a very common puzzle where one can sacrifice the queen to get a checkmate early on.

Trickster

Hmm.... i did it against the computer once.

krselders
Yeah, I have seen cases where a sequence of moves leading to mate involves a queen sacrifice.  But what I am looking for is someone who plays for a substantial portion of the game down a queen and still manages to win, not just through one sequence of moves.
Akuni

there are games where players like Morphy or Steinitz play at odds against weak players.

 

alaskador
i have lost a game like that and win a game like that too...
krselders
thanks for posting that game Akuni, that was a crucial sequence of moves there for the mate
piemonkeydude
wow, what an incredible mate.
Etienne
That was an awesome mate...
verusamo
Dang...
Bilbo21

Thanks guys, I was just about to ask this question but remembered St David's decision to disallow topics discussed before (https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/locking-this-thread---seriously-mods?page=5 verses 88, 95).

It always feels nice to win after being down a queen, whether that's by using your positional advantage and the opponent is unable to rally defenders in time, or because the opponent then blunders.  Please do share any more games!

macer75
Bilbo21 wrote:

Thanks guys, I was just about to ask this question but remembered St David's decision to disallow topics discussed before (https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/locking-this-thread---seriously-mods?page=5 verses 88, 95).

It always feels nice to win after being down a queen, whether that's by using your positional advantage and the opponent is unable to rally defenders in time, or because the opponent then blunders.  Please do share any more games!

Oh no! Does that mean that my thread on the topic is going to get locked?

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-do-you-win-when-yoursquore-down-a-queen

public-image

i did blunder my Queen after about 10 moves a few months ago in a blitz game. i got steadily back into it and won with checkmate, i will have a look for the game.

Pulpofeira

One of my teammates once lost his queen for a bishop due to a skewer in a 90/30 OTB game. Many moves later he forked the opponent's king and queen with a knight, was a piece up and eventually won the game. Both of them were over 1600 FIDE.