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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	This is a moderately difficult endgame. In practice play we have figured out a few principles that apply to this ending..
1 [Next]	It is useful to have the king and queen a knight move away from the enemy king. This is an ideal position that isn't always easy to obtain. White to Move
2 [Next]	White to Move
3 [Next]	By putting the Qeeun here, the black king has lost ground.
4 [Next]	White to Move
5 [Next]	White to Move
6 [Next]	In this ideal setup, black has few options White to Move
7 [Next]	This is the same as a position that we had earlier except that is is row further down. Black is losing ground.
8 [Next]	White to Move
9 [Next]	Now the game is virtually over. The white king has to carefully move in for the kill. White to Move
10 [Next]	White to Move
11 [Next]	The only way to really get good at this ending is to practice it.

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