Five Queens
Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) won the World Championship twice.
he took the world title by beating Capablanca in New York in 1927
this game in which he had three Queens on the board against his opponent's two
Queens , must be a record for plurality of Queens in top class play
A.Alekhine - N.D.Grigoriev [C12]Moscow 1915
French defense
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.exf6 hxg5 7.fxg7 Rg8 8.h4 gxh4 9.Qg4 Be7 10.g3 c5 11.gxh4 cxd4 12.h5 dxc3 13.h6 cxb2 14.Rb1 Qa5+ 15.Ke2 Qxa2 16.h7 Qxb1 17.hxg8Q+ Kd7 18.Qxf7 Qxc2+ 19.Kf3 Nc6 20.Qgxe6+ Kc7 21.Qf4+ Kb6 22.Qee3+ Bc5 23.g8Q b1Q (diagram)
24.Rh6!! Qxf1 25.Qb4+ Qb5 26.Qd8+ Ka6 27.Qea3+ Qba4 28.Qaxa4+ Qxa4 29.Qxa4#
he took the world title by beating Capablanca in New York in 1927
this game in which he had three Queens on the board against his opponent's two
Queens , must be a record for plurality of Queens in top class play
A.Alekhine - N.D.Grigoriev [C12]Moscow 1915
French defense
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.exf6 hxg5 7.fxg7 Rg8 8.h4 gxh4 9.Qg4 Be7 10.g3 c5 11.gxh4 cxd4 12.h5 dxc3 13.h6 cxb2 14.Rb1 Qa5+ 15.Ke2 Qxa2 16.h7 Qxb1 17.hxg8Q+ Kd7 18.Qxf7 Qxc2+ 19.Kf3 Nc6 20.Qgxe6+ Kc7 21.Qf4+ Kb6 22.Qee3+ Bc5 23.g8Q b1Q (diagram)
24.Rh6!! Qxf1 25.Qb4+ Qb5 26.Qd8+ Ka6 27.Qea3+ Qba4 28.Qaxa4+ Qxa4 29.Qxa4#
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