- This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Algebraic chess notation is used to record and describe the moves in a game of Chess.
The queen (♕,♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. Chess pieces vary in both value and abilities A standard chess match consists of each player having the following equipment 1 king Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. Each player starts the game with one queen, placed in the middle of their first rank next to their king. In Chess, the King (♔ ♚ is the most important piece. The object of the game is to trap the opponent's king so that it would not be able to avoid capture The white queen starts on a white square, and the black queen on a black square, thus the mnemonic "queen gets her color" or "queen on color". A mnemonic device (nəˈmɒnɪk is a Memory aid Commonly met mnemonics are often verbal something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember In algebraic notation, the white queen starts on d1, and the black queen on d8. Algebraic chess notation is used to record and describe the moves in a game of Chess.
In the historical ancestors of chess, shatranj, the queen was a fairly weak piece called a fers or vizier, only able to move or capture one square in a diagonal direction. Shatranj is an old form of Chess, which has been popular in Persia and the Middle East for almost 1000 years A Vizier ( - wazīr) (sometimes also spelled Vazir Vizir Vasir Wazir Vesir, or Vezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many western Asian A diagonal can refer to a line joining two nonconsecutive vertices of a Polygon or Polyhedron, or in contexts any upward or downward sloping line The modern queen's move arose in 15th century Europe.
The piece is archaically known as the minister. In Language, an archaism is the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current
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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 rook and bishop. Chess pieces vary in both value and abilities A standard chess match consists of each player having the following equipment 1 king In Chess, the King (♔ ♚ is the most important piece. The object of the game is to trap the opponent's king so that it would not be able to avoid capture A rook, (♖ ♜ borrowed from Persian رخ rokh, Sanskrit rath, "chariot" also known as a castle is a piece in the A bishop (♗♝ is a piece in the Board game of Chess. Each player begins the game with two bishops The knight (♘ ♞ sometimes referred to by players as a 'horse' is a piece in the Game of Chess, representing a Knight (armoured cavalry The pawn (♙♟ is the weakest and most numerous piece in the Game of Chess, representing Infantry A rook, (♖ ♜ borrowed from Persian رخ rokh, Sanskrit rath, "chariot" also known as a castle is a piece in the A bishop (♗♝ is a piece in the Board game of Chess. Each player begins the game with two bishops The queen captures by occupying the square on which an enemy piece sits.
General remarks
Ordinarily the queen is slightly more powerful than a rook and a bishop together, while slightly less powerful than two rooks. It is almost always disadvantageous to exchange the queen for a piece other than the enemy's queen.
The queen is at her most powerful when the board is open, when the enemy king is not well-defended, or when there are loose (i. e. undefended) pieces in the enemy camp. Because of her long range and ability to move in more than one direction, the queen is well-equipped to execute forks. In Chess, a fork is a tactic that uses one piece to attack two or more of the opponent's pieces at the same time hoping to achieve material gain (by capturing
Beginners often develop the queen as soon as possible, in the hopes of plundering the enemy position and possibly even delivering an early checkmate. Checkmate (frequently shortened to mate) is a situation in Chess (and in other Boardgames of the Chaturanga family in which one player's This strategy is disadvantageous against experienced players. With no other pieces developed, an attack by the queen alone can be easily repelled. Moreover, because the queen is too valuable to exchange for a lesser piece, the defender can often gain time and space by threatening an exposed queen and forcing her to retreat. Nonetheless, the Scandinavian Defence, which in the main line features queen moves by Black on the second and third moves, is considered sound and has been played at world championship level. The Scandinavian Defense or Center Counter Defense, is a Chess opening characterized by the moves 1 Even the Parham Attack (1. The Parham Attack, also known as the Wayward Queen Attack, Danvers Attack, or the Patzer Opening, is an irregular Chess opening beginning with e4 e5 2. Qh5!?), which is widely considered a chess opening suitable only for beginners, has occasionally been played by the strong American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. In Chess the word " opening " has two common meanings both of which are discussed in this article The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. For the football player with a similar name see Haruki Nakamura.
An exchange of queens often marks the beginning of the endgame, although there is such a thing as a queen endgame. In Chess, the endgame (or end game or ending) refers to the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board In Chess, the endgame (or end game or ending) refers to the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board Due to the multiplicity of queen moves available, and the possibility of perpetual check, queen endgames are notoriously difficult to win. In the game of Chess, perpetual check is a situation in which one player can force a draw by an unending series of checks Such a situation typically arises
See also
- Chess piece
- Eight queens puzzle
- Staunton chess set
- Chess piece point value
- Queen versus pawn endgame
Notes
References
- Brace, Edward R. Chess pieces vary in both value and abilities A standard chess match consists of each player having the following equipment 1 king The eight queens puzzle is the problem of putting eight Chess queens on an 8×8 chessboard such that none of them is able to capture any other using the standard chess The Staunton chess set is composed of a particular type of Chess pieces used to play the game of Chess. Standard valuations The following is the most common assignment of point values. Queen versus a pawn on the sixth rank The queen usually wins easily if the pawn is on the sixth rank (1977), An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess, Hamlyn Publishing Group, pp. 230,231, ISBN 1-55521-394-4
- Barden, Leonard (1980), Play better CHESS with Leonard Barden, Octopus Books Limited, p. Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929, Croydon, London) is an English Chess Columnist 10, ISBN 0-7064-0967-1
External links
- Piececlopedia: Queen by Fergus Duniho and Hans Bodlaender.
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