It remains to examine typical middle-game maneuvers with the Queen and with the Pawns.  Little is to be said about the Queen.  On account of her tremendous mobility she is liable at any time to initiate a dangerous attack in conjunction with one or more of the other pieces, and most of the examples given for the typical Rook’s, Bishop’s and Knight’s maneuvers have also shown the methods by which the cooperation with the Queen can be effected.  The main field of action for the Queen is the side on which the opponent has castled.  In games, in which both players have castled on the same side of the board, and which, as stated previously, constitute the vast majority of cases it is dangerous to make excursions with the Queen to distant regions away from the King, as her retreat might be cut off, making impossible an adequate defense against an attack which the opponent might be able to initiate on the King’s side with the help of his own Queen.

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8 |    | #R |    | #Q |    | #R | #K |    |
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7 |    |    | #P |    |    | #P | #P | #P |
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6 | #P |    |    | #B | #B |    |    |    |
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5 |    |    | #P |    |    |    |    |    |
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4 |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
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3 |    |    |    | ^Q |    |    |    |    |
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2 | ^P | ^P | ^P |    |    | ^P | ^P | ^P |
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1 | ^R | ^Kt| ^B |    | ^R |    | ^K |    |
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a    b    c    d    e    f    g    h

Diagram 56.

In the position of Diagram 56 for instance, it would be very risky for White to take the Pawn a6.  Black would play P-c4, cutting off the retreat of White’s Queen, and then start a violent attack with his Queen in conjunction with the two Bishops.  Another example is the position of Diagram 57 which occurred in a game between Capablanca and Bernstein in the San Sebastian Tournament 1911.  White played (1) Kt-e2 and Black, in view of the threatening accumulation of white pieces on the King’s wing, should not have risked to capture the Pawn a2, getting his Queen quite out of play.

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8 |    |    |    |    | #R | #R |    |    |
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7 | #P |    | #P | #B |    | #P | #P | #K |
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6 |    |    | #P | #P | #Kt|    |    | #P |
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5 | #Q |    |    |    |    | ^Kt|    |    |
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4 |    |    |    | ^Kt| ^P |    | ^P |    |
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3 |    | ^P |    |    | ^Q | ^P |    |    |
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2 | ^P |    | ^P |    |    |    |    | ^P |
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1 |    |    |    | ^R | ^R |    | ^K |    |
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a    b    c    d    e    f    g    h

Diagram 57