Glossary : Q

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  • «Quality» QUAL:

    • Quality: The quality is the difference of value between a Rook and a minor piece. Thus the quality is appraised at 5 (value of a Rook) - 3 (value of a Minor Piece) = 2 (Chess Pieces - CCT II - "Moving figures").

  • «Quality Sacrifice» QUSA:

    • A Quality Sacrifice results of the exchange between a Rook of a camp and a minor piece of the other. Being given that a Rook is worth a minor piece plus two pawns, one can still speak about sacrifice of quality in the event of exchange of a Rook against a minor piece plus a pawn.

    The Quality sacrifice is a frequent theme in a chess game. Also, it is interesting and instructive to study with precision its consequences, as we will have many occasions to make it on this site. (Chess Terminology - NCT VI - "Chess move classification").

  • «White (Black) Wins the Quality» WWQU: (BWQU:)

    • White (Black) Wins the Quality: White (Black) succeeds in exchanging a minor piece against an enemy Rook. The only problem is that minor pieces are active whereas Rooks are not yet able to intervene.

    For this reason, the exchange can thus appear unfavourable, in particular at the beginning of the middle game (Chess Terminology).

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  • «Queen» :

    • Queen: The strongest piece on the chessboard. She can move either like a Rook or like a Bishop.

    The Queen can move freely, in straight line; this means along ranks, files or diagonals. She can move as far as she wants, in any direction, until she encounters another piece. The Queen is so powerful that she is weakly sensitive to «sides and corners effect». (Chess Pieces - CCT II - "Moving figures").

  • «Chess Queen» :

    • Chess Queen:

    «Epilogue Fantasi and Sci-fi at
    their best© Ken McCracken
    (Visit Gallery) - Chess Queen - »

    (Chess Phantasmagoria - Chess & Fantasy Art).

  • «Queenside» QUSI:

    • The Queenside is the wing of the board constituted by files a, b, c (Chess Terminology - NCT II - "Chessboard geometry").

  • «Queen Battle» QBAT:

    • Queen Battle: The battle opposing directly both Queens during a Chess Game. It is an usual theme in a Chess game. Most frequently this fight occurs in the Deep Middle Game (DEMG:), extends during some moves and finishes with the exchange of Queens.

    More accurately the Queen Battle may take the following forms:
  • A Queen is active and the enemy Queen is rather passive. Then this last try to take the opposition for competing or simply in view to provoke the exchange.
  • Both Queens have similar activity and radiance, also they are unceasingly confronted one with the other. After various peregrinations the fight ends, many often, with the Queen exchange.
  • It happens sometimes that, during a Queen battle, a camp accesses to a strong initiative, constraining the opponent Queen to return in her camp to ensure some defensive tasks.


    • You will find an example of Queen battle in the game:

       Kluger, Gyula - Tal, Mihail [A43-r4*] Kislovodsk, 1964 - Chess-Theory Analyzed Game No 059

      (Current & New Chess Theory).

  • «White (Black) Active Queen» WACQ: (BACQ:)

    • A White (Black) Active Queen is easily recognizable and we will give many examples (Current Chess Theory).

  • «White (Black) Passive Queen» WPAQ: (BPAQ:)

    • A White (Black) Passive Queen is easily recognizable and we will give many examples (Current Chess Theory).

  • «Queen Against Rooks» QAGR:

    • Queen Against Rooks: This situation arises when the only heavy pieces on the chessboard are the Queen on a side and both Rooks for the opponent. It is interesting to compare the mobility of the Queen, on one side, and the power of both Rooks, on the other, able to control two times a square

    You will find an example, of the Queen against both Rooks, a new time in the game:

       Kluger, Gyula - Tal, Mihail [A43-r4*] Kislovodsk, 1964 - Chess-Theory Analyzed Game No 059

    After:

    33... Rxe1+

    (Current Chess Theory - Chess-Theory Analysis).

  • «Queen Against Three Pieces» QATP:

    • The confrontation of the Queen Against Three Pieces is very fascinating, because the outcome is rather uncertain. We have to differentiate two case:
  • The Queen againt a Rook and two minor pieces.
  • The Queen against three minor pieces.

    • The first case is rather defavorable to the Queen's side and the second favorable.

    Anyway, to appreciate accurately such a situation it is necessary to integrate other elements such as:
  • A complete assessment of the material available in each camp.
  • An examination of the pawn structure.
  • A control of the safety of each King.


    • (Current Chess Theory - Chess-Theory Analysis).

  • «Queen Exchange» QUEX:

    • Queen Exchange: The exchange of both Queens may be observed in the majority of Chess games (Current Chess Theory - Chess-Theory Analysis).

  • «Queen Exchange Declined» QEXD:

    • Queen Exchange Declined: During a Queen battle, the strongest camp, that which has the initiative and whose the Queen is most active, can have interest to refuse the exchange of Queens (Current Chess Theory - Chess-Theory Analysis).

  • «Queen Bishop» :

    • Queen Bishop: The Bishop that was on the queenside at the start of the game. The terms Queen Knight and Queen Rook are also used (Chess Terminology - see: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

  • «Queening (a pawn)» :

    • Queening: The promotion of a pawn in a Queen. It is the most usual case and the opposite compared to the underpromotion (Chess Rule - Chess Terminology).
  • «Queening square» :

    • Queening square: The square on the eighth rank on which a pawn may be promoted (Chess Terminology - see: IBM - www.research.ibm.com/ - Chess Glossary).

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  • «Quiet Move» :

    • Quiet Move: A move that neither captures anything, checks, or directly attacks an enemy piece (Chess Terminology - see: ARK Angles - Great Australian Software).

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  • «Chess Quote» :

    • Chess Quote: A quote related to Chess.

    As a good example, Revolutionary Chess Quote of the Day: "Until we all start raging against the machine, the machine will continue to beat us at chess." - Ethan Allen Hawley ...    Boylston Chess Club Weblog - Blogspot.com (Chess Practice).

  • «Mihael Tal Quote» :

    • Mihael Tal Quote:

    «Mihael Tal Quote
    www.scacchisora.net/»

    «I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beautiful of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position»

    (Chess Practice Today - Chess Quote - Chess Passion).



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