in the endgame, do you prefer queen or two rooks and why?

please exclude argument 10 > 9. oh, dear @chess-network, don't take it as any kind of insult whatsoever. late great jerry from chessnetwork stated this very argument for two rooks when i asked him, haha.

Depends on position on the board, obviously.

depend of what you have beside them. if you are K+Q vs K+two R then you prefere obviously the rooks but if you have a messy position with pawns everywhere you could prefere the queen. most of the time, the 2 rooks are better because they can cover more threats and checkmate on their own whereas the queen can't.
i generally find the queen better for psychological pressure and time scrambles (bullet and blitz and rapid sometimes) but i would choose two rooks in classical 99% of the time.

The rooks will be objectively stronger in most positions, but the queen is so much easier to play.

So I would agree with Pathseeker, that it depends on the time situation, and also your skill level. If you are a GM with an hour on the clock, the rooks, if you are a 1500- with a minute, go for the queen. And in between somewhere they are equal.

It is about equal.

I have found that it is not wise to prefer anything in Chess. Chances are, you won't get what you want...and then what? The only exception being opening selection. The poor soul who prefers Knights over Bishops. They will take steps to prevent pins on their knights, just to try and prevent them from being exchanged. Bad habit. :]

I would prefer two knights to a queen if they are positioned for a mate in two... if you can win the game with two rooks than they are better... it is a positional judgement call.

It entirely depends on the position. For argument's sake, if I was asked to set up an even pawnless position with RR vs Q, I would take either side but probably slightly prefer the rooks just because of more moves are a draw. Any position where the rooks are doubled at least 2 or more squares from the edge where the kings are on opposite sides of the rook barrier is a completely unbreakable fortress and the queen has nothing.

This has absolutely nothing to do with a matter of taste, it depends on the position. Chess is concrete. It‘s like asking: do you prefer knights because they look cute?

A game of mine, the 3:2 situation alone should be a draw but the presence of 2 Rooks vs Queen gives Black an edge. (Sarg0n Black, 2006)

i want two queens