![]() ![]() This gave the lady true power behind the throne, and was christened by Italians Mad Queen Chess. One change increased the Queen's power so that she could move in any direction the length of the board. Rule changes accursed when Spain tried experiments to try and speed up a game of Chess. So, the switch of gender happened, even though the name "fers" stayed for the next few hundred years.Įven so, Her Majesty had to wait until the Renassance until she could gain her ultimate board-wise power. During medieval Europe it was accepted that the person next to a King should be a Queen, therefor allowing the Farzin to switch gender! Only two sets of chessmen from that time are left - the Lewis chessmen in the British Museum, and a group of figural chessmen kept at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris both show a Queen seated on a throne. However the Farzin/fers could only move one square in a diagonal. When Chess came to Europe he was known as a " Fers". ![]() Through the years the Queen has swapped gender! Originally (s)he was a Farzin, a wise man who counseled the King. Because a queen is so powerful, it is not a good idea to trade it for an opponent's piece, unless it is a queen, or doing so guarantees a checkmate.Īn exchange of queens usually marks the beginning of an endgame but there are also endgames that include the queen. A queen is at her most power when the board is open, and the opponent's king and other pieces are undefended. While this strategy can be effective against other beginners, experienced players know how to make use of their queen better as well as knowing how to punish their opponents early queen development.ĭue to its long range and flexibility in movement, the queen is a great piece to execute forks with, though this is usually only useful if both threatened pieces are undefended or one is a king (in check) and the other is undefended. Many novice players will want to bring out their queens early on in the game (in hopes of playing Wayward Queen Attack or Scholar's Mate). A quote by former world champion, Garry Kasparov, perfectly describes these downsides: "The queen is the strongest and weakest piece since if it's attacked you have to move it unless you are sacrificing it or the enemy's queen is attacking it." The queen is usually represented by a Q in algebraic notation.Īlthough you may think that the Queen being the most powerful piece is a good thing, it has its downsides. The value of a queen is about 9 pawns/points. The white Queen on a white square, and black on black. An easy way for beginners to remember this is that the Queen always begins on her own color. Each player has only one queen located between a king and a bishop on the d1 square for white, and on the d8 square for black. It can move any amount of squares (as long as there is no piece in the way) horizontally, vertically or diagonally, combining the powers of the rook and bishop. Therefore, the Queen cannot jump over other pieces, nor. The queen is the most powerful sex haver in Chess. A queen combines the mobility of every piece on the chess board except the Knight. Infinite squares horizontally, vertically & diagonally ![]()
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