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transferring the entire firepower of a rook and bishop requires two moves, the bishop always being restricted to squares of one color. Second, unlike the bishop, the queen is not hampered by an inability to control squares of the opposite color to the square on which it stands. A factor in favor of the rook and bishop together is that they can attack (or defend) a square twice, while a queen can only do so once. However, experience has shown that this factor is usually less significant than the points favoring the queen.
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to any of several types of pieces, including a queen, when the pawn is moved to the player's furthest rank (the opponent's first rank). Such a queen created by promotion can be an additional queen or, if the player's queen has been captured, a replacement queen. The queen is by far the most common
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The reason that the queen is stronger than a combination of a rook and bishop, even though they control the same number of squares, is twofold. First, the queen is more mobile than the rook and the bishop, as the entire power of the queen can be transferred to another location in one move, while
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At various times, the ability of pawns to be queened was restricted while the original queen was still on the board, so as not to cause scandal by providing the king with more than one queen. An early 12th-century Latin poem refers to a queened pawn as a
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A player should generally delay developing the queen, as developing it too quickly can expose it to attacks by enemy pieces, causing the player to lose time removing the queen from danger. Despite this, beginners often
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proposes several factors that might have been partly responsible for influencing the piece towards its identity as a queen and its power in modern chess: the prominence of medieval queens such as
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The modern move of the Queen started in Spain during Isabella I's reign, perhaps inspired by her great political power, and spread from there, perhaps being spread by the
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Early queen attacks are rare in high-level chess, but there are some openings with early queen development that are used by high-level players. For example, the
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In Russia, for a long time, the queen could also move like a knight; some players disapproved of this ability to "gallop like the horse" (knight). The book
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The chess queen, rather than ferz or similar, is known of in what is now Spain and Portugal only from the 12th century, but started sooner elsewhere.
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is the deliberate sacrifice of a queen in order to gain a more favorable tactical position. One of the most widely known examples of this was in the game
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The queen can be moved any number of unoccupied squares in a straight line vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, thus combining the moves of the
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a pawn to a queen. As the queen has the largest range and mobility, queen and king vs. lone king is an easy win when compared to some other
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Significantly, the earliest surviving treatise to describe the modern movement of the queen (as well as the bishop and pawn),
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and the current move of the bishop. Starting from Spain, this new version – called "queen's chess" (in Italian,
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piece type a pawn is promoted to due to the relative power of a queen; promotion to a queen is colloquially called
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oriented correctly, the white queen starts on a white square and the black queen starts on a black square—thus the
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Around 1230, the queen was also independently invented as a piece in Japan, where it formed part of the game of
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changed into the queen over time. The first surviving mention of this piece as a queen or similar is the Latin
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as it might have suggested some cult of the Virgin Mary and instead opted for secular terms such as
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During the 15th century, the queen's move took its modern form as a combination of the move of the
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The queen is strongest when the board is open, the enemy king is poorly defended, or there are
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in Switzerland. Some surviving early medieval pieces depict the piece as a queen. The word
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the queen early in the game, hoping to plunder the enemy position and deliver an early
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When the queen was attacked, it was customary to warn the opponent by announcing "
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The white queen starts on d1, while the black queen starts on d8. With the
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In most languages the piece is known as "queen" or "lady" (e.g. Italian
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The pieces bear the names: Koenig, Dame, Turm, Laeufer, Springer, Bauer
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Repetición de amores e arte de axedres con CL iuegos de partido
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nations such as Germany and England refused any derivatives of
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During the great chess reform at the end of the 15th century,
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became grammatically feminized in several languages, such as
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Vizier piece from a Southern Italian chess set, 12th century
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sacrificed a queen (along with three other pieces) to reach
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the queen for a single piece other than the enemy's queen.
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Discourses on Love and the Art of Chess with 150 Problems
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poem written around 997 and preserved in a monastery at
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who carried the new chess rule with them as they fled.
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Because the queen is the strongest piece, a 3509: 3309: 1473: 3119:, Hamlyn Publishing Group, pp. 230–31, 1092:Queen from Spain, 12th century (walrus tusk) 3189: 2786: 2784: 1881: 3516: 3502: 3316: 3302: 2594: 938:nations kept using an equivalent of Latin 99:to a queen in the vast majority of cases. 126: 3220: 3168: 3132: 3048:The Estonian chess terms were coined by 2932: 2781: 2543:เม็ด / ตรี / มนตรี (met / tri / montri) 1123:) or, pejoratively, "madwoman's chess" ( 1087: 822: 697:The queen is typically worth about nine 3274:Queen and King vs King Endgame Practice 557: 550: 543: 536: 529: 522: 515: 508: 501: 494: 487: 480: 473: 459: 452: 445: 438: 431: 424: 417: 410: 403: 396: 389: 382: 375: 368: 5287: 3228:(second ed.), St. Martins Press, 2738: 2657:defines three codepoints for a queen: 1135:, as opposed to the original queen or 466: 215: 208: 3497: 3297: 3241: 3101:, Octopus Books Limited, p. 10, 3099:Play better CHESS with Leonard Barden 2971: 2958: 2945: 2919: 2886: 2873: 2856: 2843: 2830: 2817: 2804: 2791: 2775: 1183:, but does not form a part of modern 1028:; the power ascribed to women in the 359: 199: 1055:, was published during the reign of 157: 102:The predecessor to the queen is the 3249:Birth of the Chess Queen: A History 3155:(first ed.), New York: Doven, 2595: 2331:ферзь / королева (ferz' / koroleva) 1213:(vazir), Russian/Persian ферзь/فرز 13: 3117:An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess 970:in German and "queen" in English. 785: 14: 5321: 3267: 5262: 4933:List of strong chess tournaments 3323: 3174:Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess 2983:Hooper & Whyld (1996), p. 74 2720:—the rook+bishop+knight compound 1725:वज़ीर / रानी (vazīr / rānī) 1217:). In Polish it is known as the 1109:Expulsion from Spain of the Jews 973:In Russian, the piece keeps its 556: 549: 542: 535: 528: 521: 514: 507: 500: 493: 486: 479: 472: 465: 458: 451: 444: 437: 430: 423: 416: 409: 402: 395: 388: 381: 374: 367: 361: 214: 207: 201: 37: 25: 3906:Gökyay Association Chess Museum 3135:A Short History of Chess (1949) 3055: 3042: 3031: 3013: 2986: 2977: 2964: 2951: 2938: 2925: 2912: 2892: 2879: 2866: 2756:. ChessNinja.com. 22 April 2005 1190: 954:in France, all of which evoke " 2849: 2836: 2823: 2810: 2797: 2768: 2746: 2732: 1242:Overview of chess piece names 686: 71:, combining the powers of the 1: 5310:Cultural depictions of queens 5031:Computer chess championships 3200:The Oxford Companion to Chess 3087: 831:The queen was originally the 3150: 2675:U+1FA01 Neutral Chess Queen 1159:by H.J.R. Murray, says that 657:Possible moves of the queen 55:(♕, ♛) is the most powerful 7: 4808:Bishop and knight checkmate 3253:(2nd ed.), Perennial, 2714:—the bishop+knight compound 2678: 917:also refer to the queen as 805:Anderssen–Kieseritzky, 1851 723: 10: 5326: 4976:Other world championships 3226:The Encyclopaedia of Chess 2647: 2643: 1096:Marilyn Yalom wrote that: 818: 789: 693:Chess piece relative value 690: 114: 5257: 5167: 5070: 4923: 4798: 4744: 4607: 4449: 4389: 4380: 4291: 4159: 4020: 3921: 3757: 3661: 3531: 3523: 3460: 3372: 3331: 3151:Dickins, Anthony (1971), 3115:Brace, Edward R. (1977), 3024:20 September 2013 at the 2708:—the rook+knight compound 2691:Queen versus pawn endgame 2669:U+265B Black Chess Queen 2663:U+2655 White Chess Queen 1882: 1474: 1271: 1256: 1251: 931:has sometimes been seen. 4950:World Chess Championship 4818:Opposite-colored bishops 3911:World Chess Hall of Fame 3133:Davidson, Henry (1981), 2725: 2650:Chess symbols in Unicode 1059:. 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4967: 4962: 4957: 4947: 4946: 4945: 4938:Chess Olympiad 4935: 4929: 4927: 4921: 4920: 4918: 4917: 4912: 4907: 4902: 4897: 4892: 4891: 4890: 4885: 4880: 4875: 4870: 4862: 4861: 4860: 4855: 4845: 4840: 4835: 4830: 4825: 4820: 4815: 4810: 4804: 4802: 4796: 4795: 4792: 4791: 4789: 4788: 4787: 4786: 4784:Scholar's mate 4781: 4776: 4766: 4761: 4760: 4759: 4748: 4746: 4742: 4741: 4739: 4738: 4733: 4728: 4727: 4726: 4721: 4716: 4711: 4706: 4699:Queen's Gambit 4696: 4691: 4686: 4685: 4684: 4679: 4674: 4669: 4664: 4659: 4654: 4649: 4644: 4642:Benoni Defense 4637:Indian Defense 4634: 4629: 4624: 4619: 4613: 4611: 4605: 4604: 4602: 4601: 4600: 4599: 4594: 4589: 4580: 4570: 4565: 4564: 4563: 4553: 4551:Owen's Defense 4548: 4547: 4546: 4541: 4536: 4531: 4526: 4521: 4516: 4511: 4506: 4501: 4496: 4491: 4481: 4476: 4474:Modern Defense 4471: 4469:French Defense 4466: 4461: 4455: 4453: 4447: 4446: 4444: 4443: 4442: 4441: 4436: 4426: 4421: 4416: 4411: 4406: 4404:Bird's Opening 4401: 4395: 4393: 4384: 4378: 4377: 4375: 4374: 4369: 4364: 4359: 4358: 4357: 4352: 4347: 4342: 4335:Pawn structure 4332: 4327: 4326: 4325: 4315: 4314: 4313: 4303: 4297: 4295: 4289: 4288: 4286: 4285: 4280: 4275: 4270: 4265: 4260: 4259: 4258: 4248: 4243: 4238: 4233: 4228: 4223: 4218: 4213: 4208: 4203: 4198: 4193: 4188: 4183: 4182: 4181: 4179:Alekhine's gun 4171: 4165: 4163: 4157: 4156: 4154: 4153: 4148: 4143: 4138: 4133: 4132: 4131: 4126: 4121: 4116: 4111: 4101: 4096: 4095: 4094: 4092:Half-open file 4084: 4079: 4074: 4069: 4064: 4063: 4062: 4057: 4052: 4047: 4042: 4035:Chess notation 4032: 4026: 4024: 4018: 4017: 4015: 4014: 4009: 4004: 4003: 4002: 3992: 3990:Pawn promotion 3987: 3980: 3979: 3978: 3973: 3968: 3963: 3958: 3948: 3943: 3938: 3933: 3927: 3925: 3919: 3918: 3916: 3915: 3914: 3913: 3908: 3903: 3893: 3891:Women in chess 3888: 3887: 3886: 3881: 3876: 3866: 3861: 3860: 3859: 3854: 3853: 3852: 3847: 3837: 3832: 3831: 3830: 3815: 3814: 3813: 3808: 3803: 3801:Hypermodernism 3798: 3796:Romantic chess 3793: 3791:Lewis chessmen 3788: 3783: 3776: 3763: 3761: 3755: 3754: 3752: 3751: 3742: 3737: 3732: 3731: 3730: 3725: 3720: 3715: 3710: 3705: 3700: 3690: 3689: 3688: 3683: 3678: 3667: 3665: 3659: 3658: 3656: 3655: 3650: 3649: 3648: 3638: 3637: 3636: 3631: 3629:world rankings 3621: 3620: 3619: 3618: 3617: 3607: 3597: 3592: 3587: 3582: 3581: 3580: 3575: 3570: 3565: 3558:Computer chess 3555: 3554: 3553: 3543: 3537: 3535: 3529: 3528: 3521: 3520: 3513: 3506: 3498: 3489: 3488: 3486: 3485: 3480: 3475: 3470: 3464: 3462: 3458: 3457: 3455: 3454: 3449: 3444: 3439: 3434: 3429: 3424: 3419: 3414: 3409: 3404: 3399: 3394: 3389: 3383: 3381: 3370: 3369: 3367: 3366: 3361: 3356: 3351: 3346: 3341: 3335: 3333: 3329: 3328: 3321: 3320: 3313: 3306: 3298: 3292: 3291: 3276: 3269: 3268:External links 3266: 3265: 3264: 3259: 3243:Yalom, Marilyn 3239: 3234: 3222:Sunnucks, Anne 3218: 3213: 3195:Whyld, Kenneth 3187: 3182: 3166: 3161: 3148: 3143: 3130: 3125: 3112: 3107: 3089: 3086: 3083: 3082: 3054: 3050:Ado Grenzstein 3041: 3030: 3012: 2985: 2976: 2963: 2950: 2937: 2935::13–14, 28–30) 2924: 2911: 2905:Chessgames.com 2891: 2878: 2865: 2848: 2835: 2822: 2809: 2796: 2780: 2767: 2745: 2730: 2729: 2727: 2724: 2722: 2721: 2715: 2709: 2703: 2698: 2693: 2688: 2682: 2680: 2677: 2648:Main article: 2645: 2642: 2639: 2638: 2633: 2627: 2621: 2620: 2615: 2609: 2603: 2602: 2600: 2592: 2586: 2585: 2580: 2574: 2568: 2567: 2562: 2556: 2550: 2549: 2544: 2538: 2532: 2531: 2526: 2523: 2517: 2516: 2511: 2505: 2499: 2498: 2489: 2483: 2477: 2476: 2467: 2461: 2455: 2454: 2449: 2443: 2437: 2436: 2431: 2425: 2419: 2418: 2413: 2407: 2401: 2400: 2398: 2392: 2390:Northern Sotho 2386: 2385: 2376: 2366: 2364:Serbo-Croatian 2360: 2359: 2354: 2348: 2342: 2341: 2332: 2326: 2320: 2319: 2310: 2304: 2298: 2297: 2288: 2282: 2276: 2275: 2266: 2257: 2251: 2250: 2241: 2235: 2229: 2228: 2222: 2221: 2216: 2210: 2204: 2203: 2198: 2192: 2186: 2185: 2180: 2174: 2168: 2167: 2162: 2156: 2150: 2149: 2144: 2138: 2132: 2131: 2126: 2120: 2114: 2113: 2104: 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piece
chess
diagonally
rook
bishop
rank
king
pawn
promoted
ferz
shatranj
algebraic notation
chessboard
mnemonics
rook
bishop
pawn
promoted
Chess piece relative value
pawns
exchange
forks
develop
checkmate
scholar's mate
Scandinavian Defense
Danvers Opening
grandmaster

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