Editing Cross-check (chess) (section)

===Two queens versus one===
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|Botvinnik vs. Ravinsky, 1944
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|  |  |  |  |  |  |pl| 
|  |  |  |  |  |  |kl| 
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|kd|  |  |  |  |ql|  | 
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|Black resigned after 126.Qf4+.
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{{Chess diagram
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|Possible continuation
|  |qd|  |  |oo|kl|  | 
|  |  |  |  |ql|ql|  | 
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|kd|  |  |  |  |  |  | 
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|Cross-check with 135.Qee8+ wins.
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In the position on the left from Botvinnik–Ravinsky,<ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1032089 Botvinnik vs. Ravinsky]</ref> Black resigned.  With best play according to the [[endgame tablebase]], 126...Kb3 127.Qf7+ Ka4 128.g8=Q Qg4+ 129.Kh6 Qh4+ 130.Kg7 Qg3+ 131.Kf8 Qd6+ 132.Qe7 Qh6+ 133.Qgg7 Qf4+ 134.Qgf7 Qb8+ and the position on the right is reached.  Then the cross-check 135.Qee8+ (or Qfe8+) [[fork (chess)|forks]] the king and queen, forces an exchange, and wins the game.