What is Queen (chess)?
{{multiple image |total_width=280 |caption_align=center |image1=Chess piece - White queen.jpg |caption1=White queen |width1=1000 |height1=1722 |image2=Chess piece - Black queen.JPG |caption2=Black queen |width2=1834 |height2=3120 }} {{Table chess pieces}} The '''queen''' is a [[chess]] piece that stands next to the [[king (chess)|king]] at the start of a game.The queen starts on the d1 square for white and the d8 square for black. It can move any number of unoccupied squares [[diagonal]]ly, [[vertical]]ly, or [[horizontal]]ly. When recording games, it is shortened to Q. == The queen's movement == The queen moves like both the [[bishop (chess)|bishop]] and [[rook (chess)|rook]]. Both players start with one queen. A player may [[List of chess terms#P|promote]] a pawn to a queen when the pawn reaches the end of the board. == History of the queen in chess == The [[History of chess|Indo-Persian game]] lasted for nearly a thousand years, until the end of the 15th century. In it, the piece next to the Shah was the Firzān or Visier, who was a counsellor. This piece had a movement even more limited than the king. It moved just one square at a time, on the diagonal. Not surprising, then, that when the move changed into its modern form, the Italians called the new game ''schacci alla rabioso'' (~furious chess).<ref>Murray H.J.R. 1913. ''The history of chess''. Oxford. p225 reprint {{ISBN|0-936317-01-9}}</ref><ref>Hooper, David and Whyld, Kenneth 1992. ''The Oxford companion to chess'' 2nd ed, Oxford University Press. p328 {{ISBN|0-19-866164-9}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ==Related pages== {{Chess}} [[Category:Chess pieces]]