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  2. Queen (chess) - Wikipedia

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    The white queen starts on d1, while the black queen starts on d8. With the chessboard oriented correctly, the white queen starts on a white square and the black queen starts on a black square—thus the mnemonics "queen gets her color", "queen on [her] [own] color", or "the dress [queen piece] matches the shoes [square]" (Latin: servat rēgīna colōrem).

  3. Queen and pawn versus queen endgame - Wikipedia

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    The queen is used to keep the king in front of its pawn. The queen is used to prevent the white queen from becoming active. If the queen is on e5 it will draw against a pawn on h7 and queen on g6 or f7 if the black king is in the far corner. The queen is kept active and in a flexible place. It will be more active on c2 than h7.

  4. Queen versus rook endgame - Wikipedia

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    As no pawns are on the board, it is a pawnless chess endgame. The side with the queen wins with best play, except for a few rare positions where the queen is immediately lost, or because a draw by stalemate or perpetual check can be forced. [1] However, the win is difficult to achieve in practice, [2] especially against precise defense. [3]

  5. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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    Staunton style chess pieces. Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop. The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way.

  6. Chess piece - Wikipedia

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    A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one of six types: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn. Chess sets generally come with sixteen pieces of each color.

  7. Library to display unique collection of chess sets

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    Dec. 2—HIGH POINT — When most people see a chess set, they see the individual pieces — the king and queen, the bishops, the knights, the rooks and the pawns. When Larry Cates sees a chess ...

  8. Chess set - Wikipedia

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    A chess set. A chess set consists of a chessboard and white and black chess pieces for playing chess. [1] There are sixteen pieces of each color: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns. Extra pieces may be provided for use in promotion, most commonly one extra queen per color.

  9. Isolated queen pawn - Wikipedia

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    has two pieces controlling the weak d5-square in front of the IQP (queen's knight and light-squared bishop). has three pieces preparing the thematic d4–d5 advance (queen's knight, light-squared bishop, and queen). has pinned the f6-knight against the black queen with the dark-squared bishop on g5 reducing Black's control of the crucial d5-square.

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