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queenside
[ kween-sahyd ]
noun
- the side of the board on which the queen is positioned at the start of a game, left for white and right for black.
adjective
- on the queenside:
to castle queenside; queenside castling.
Word History and Origins
Origin of queenside1
Example Sentences
Black in this line must generate queenside counterplay to stave off White’s methodically building kingside attack, but some time-wasting moves by Black’s queen put Yip in the hole after 19.
Ne3 — White only gets a rook and minor piece for the queen, but his rook on d8 locks up Black’s queenside and allows the kingside mating attack to proceed.
Caruana ends up gambiting a pawn in return for a pronounced space advantage as Firouzja’s pieces cluster on the queenside.
White works methodically toward a queenside break, but switches nimbly to the other flank when his opponent overreaches: 19. a4 g5?!
Kg2, Black’s passer is stopped and his knight immobilized on the queenside.
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