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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qa4+ Ke7 10. c6 b5 11. Qa7+ Ke8 12. c7 Bxb4+ 13. Kd1 1-0

Let's not analyze this horror too much...If I had played Black, I had played 13...Qd6 14.cxb8Q O-O!!! and only THEN resigned :-)

But which is the game with the earliest occurrence of two queens of the same color? Krabbe answers "QQ-QQ" but is there a faster QQ-Q or so?

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  • Most likely a game that two people played long before there were tournaments – Starship - On Strike Apr 11 '23 at 12:06
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    @Starshipisgoforlaunch I suppose "earliest occurence" here doesn't mean "earliest game" but "game where the queen promotion happened after the fewest moves"... – Evargalo Apr 11 '23 at 14:34
  • @Evargalo: Indeed. Since the 4Q record takes 7 moves and you need 5 to promote alone, it would be hard to beat. – Hauke Reddmann Apr 11 '23 at 17:20
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    must be a really bad game for it to happen lol – cmgchess Apr 11 '23 at 17:32
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    Krabbé doesn't seem to quite answer this question. Probably you can find a game where somebody misplayed the "Lasker Trap" and went 7 . . . fxg1Q? (briefly gaining a second Queen, but allowing 8 Qxd8+ Kxd8 9 Rxg1) instead of 7 . . . fxg1N+! – Noam D. Elkies Apr 11 '23 at 20:03
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    or even 1 e4 Nf6 2 Nc3 d5 3 e5 d4 4 exf6 dxc3 5 fxg7 cxb2?? 6 gxh8Q bxa1Q 7 Qxa1 1-0 – Noam D. Elkies Apr 11 '23 at 20:09
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    @NoamD.Elkies: I tried on LiChess, but only 1 White (2200! - those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it) fell into it and no Black took a queen. Probably someone with a Megabase has to check. – Hauke Reddmann Apr 12 '23 at 07:07
  • my megadatabase 19 only shows 19 games with albin counter all played fg1N. and 0 games with the alekhine – cmgchess Apr 12 '23 at 17:36
  • @HaukeReddmann, it would be faster in Bughouse (but as @cmgchess said, it would be a bad game). As I'm not sure about Bughouse notation, here's a Crazyhouse game that's similar: `1. d4 e5 2. Bg5 exd4 3. Bxd8 Kxd8 4. Q@g5+`. And in normal chess, why not something like `1. f4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. f5 e6 4. f6 c6 5. f7+ Ke7 6. fxg8=Q` (yes, the moves are bad)? – The Amateur Coder Apr 14 '23 at 19:18

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