Their flexibility gives them value, and because they are so valuable they are often the subject of tricks and traps in the opening. Here's some illustrations: forgive me using ny own but they don't put many cheapos in master game collections.
Kings and Queens vulnerable
[Event "the wandering queen"][Site "devon vs. glos."][Date "1993.??.??"][Round "?"][White "regis, d."][Black "smith, a."][Result "1-0"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 [6. Be3 g6 7. h4 h5] 6... g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O f5 [10... Bg4] 11. c5 [11. a3 or Qd2] 11... dxc5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 Ng4 17. Nd5 Qa5 18. Qc2 [18. Qc1 Nxe3 19. fxe3] 18... Nxe3 19. fxe3 Nd8 20. Bd7 e5 [20... e6 21. Nf4 e5 ( I analysed 21...Rf6; 22 Qc4 idea b4 ) 22. Nd5 Nc6 23. a3 e4 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nf4 Rfe8 (fritz fancied ...Rad8 when b4 to stop ...Rd7 allows ...Bxa1 ) 26. b4 Qa6 27. Ra2 Rad8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qc4] 21. b4
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[Event "wandering king"][Site "Cambridge open"][Date"1980"][Round "?"]
[White "regis, d."][Black "langosz, g."][Result "1-0"]
1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. b3 Qc7 12.
Nxc6 (much better is 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bxd4 14. dxc6 Bxf2+ 15.
Rxf2 Bxc6 16. Bh6 Rfc8 17. Bd5) 12... bxc6 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14. Na4 (to
tempt ...c5) 14...Rab8 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Nc3 Qa7
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[Event "the queen AND king caught"][Site "portsmouth open "][Date "1984.??.??"][Round "#2"]
[White "taylor, m."][Black "regis, d."][Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Qa5 6. Qd2
d6 7. O-O-O Bg4 8. d5 Nd4 9. Bxd4 (9. Nxd4 Bxd1 10. Nb3 Bxc3 11.
Qxd1 Qb4 12. bxc3 Qxe4) 9... cxd4 10. Nb5
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Domination by the queen
First, Rubinstein making good use of his queen, first dominant in the centre, then stepping neatly and quickly into enemy territory...[Event "dominating queen?"][Site "gothenburg"][Date "1920.??.??"][Round "?"]
[White "rubinstein"][Black "maroczy"][Result "1-0"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 Re8 8.Qc2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.Rfd1 Qa5 13.Bh4 Ne5 14.Be2 Ng6 15.Bg3 e5 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Qb1 {!} 17...Qb8 18.Bf3 Qa7 19.Na5 {!} 19...Bb4 20.Nc4 Bd7 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Be6 23.Qe4 {!} 23...Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Rac8
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Active king in the ending
I've shown several examples of this incidentally (like
Bernstein-Mieses on the Bishops sheet); here's a more close-run
affair from Tal, who keeps his initiative going throughout.
[Event ""][Site "-"][Date "1956.??.??"][Round "?"]
[White "tal"][Black "lissitzin"][Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd7 9.exd6 exd6 10.Be3 Be7 11.Qf3 d5 12.O-O-O Bf6
13.Bd4 O-O 14.h4 Rb8 15.Qf2 Rb4 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.a3 Qb6 18.Qxb6 Rxb6
19.Na4 Rb7 20.Bd3 Nh5 21.Rhf1 Re7 22.f5 {!} 22...gxf5 23.Rfe1 Rfe8
24.Rxe7 Rxe7 25.Kd2 {!} 25...Ng3 26.Kc3 f4 27.Kd4
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Here's another difficult game, from Petrosian, featuring a bold king run
[Event "olympiad"][Site "varna "][Date "1962.??.??"][Round "?"] [White "duckstein, a."][Black "petrosian, t."][Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6.
Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. c4 O-O-O 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qa4 Kb8
12. b4 Nh6 13. Qb3 Nf5 14. a4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17.
Bb2 Qc7 18. c5 a5 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rh4 21. bxa5 Bxc5 22. a6
b6 23. Re1 Ka7 24. Be5 Qd7 25. Ne4 Bd4 26. g3 Bxe5 27. gxh4 Nd4 28.
Qd1 Qd5 29. Re3 Nf5 30.Re1 Nd4 31. Qd3 f5 32. Ng5 c5 33. Re3 c4 34.
Qd1
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