Queens: The Power Behind the Throne

We know Rooks can move up and down and side to side at will. We also know that Bishops can slip through the ranks by moving diagonally. Now we're going to talk about the one piece that can both move up and back, side to side, and diagonally. The Queen is the most powerful weapon on the board. Time to learn about how she works.

In this post we will cover:

1. How the Queen moves

And, well, that's it really. The Queen post was always going to be pretty short.

Here is a diagram of the Queen.

Again, the Queen combines all the strengths of the Rook and the Bishop into one piece. This is what makes the Queen the most powerful piece on the board. She can zip from one end to the other in the blink of an eye and quickly launching a new attack.

A word of caution about the Queen. Beginning players love bringing the Queen out early. She's a powerful piece and we want the most powerful piece in the fight. The problem is that brining the Queen out early leads to one of two endings; the Queen is captured early OR the player spends so much time keeping the Queen out of harms way they look around by after 12 turns and find they have developed none of their other pieces. The Queen may be tough, but she cannot win the game by herself.

To recap, Queens are really cool and powerful but if you try to bring her into he fight too early you will probably regret it.

Next, we can talk Knights!

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