CHESMAYNE
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The QU is the sexiest
(curvaceous) of the modern pieces and has undergone changes in name, sex and power. In Shanranj this MP was called (Farz or, Firz), meaning Counsellor or, General. The French may have changed it into Fierce, Fierge, and
Vierge (Virgin), which if true, might
explain why this MP became female.
Another view is that a PA on reaching R$08 was elevated in value and became a ‘Farz’ - a promotion similar to that in Draughts or Checkers. Thus the PA became a Dame or, QU2 as in traditional chess, and then Dames, Dama,
Donna etc. The BS amongst the Persians was
called Pil (elephant) but the Arabs not having the letter ‘p’
in their alphabet, wrote it Fil, or, with their definite article, Al-Fil (the-elephant). It was the next in command and a force
assisting the Counselor or Minister (AD1, our QU).
French: to queen a pawn - promouvoir un pion (dame).
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Language |
Piece |
Game Name |
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English Monogram |
Queen QU |
Chess – Chesmayne |
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French |
Dame |
Les echecs |
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03 |
German |
Dame |
Schachspiel |
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04 |
Italian |
Donna |
Gli scacchi |
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Spanish |
Dama |
Ajedrez |
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Portuguese |
Rei |
Xadrez |
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07 |
Russian |
Ferz |
IIIaxmatbl |
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08 |
Arabic |
Firz |
Ash-shatranj |
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Latin |
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Scaci |
The QU may move any number of cells vertically, horizontally or
diagonally.
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This diagram shows how the QU moves. She may move up, down, left, right
and diagonally. In the center of the board, she can go up to 27
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The moving proprieties of the QU can emulate those of the KI, RO, BS
and PA but not the KT as shown
above with red marks. |
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The QU is blocked by a friendly piece, a RO. Here the QU cannot move to the cell
occupied by the RO nor the cells that lie beyond: G07 and H08. |
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The QU can capture the KT by
removing him from the board and placing herself on the cell G04. The QU
cannot move beyond (red mark). |
“For what’s a play without a
woman in it?”
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1585 [see ‘Venus’]
Photo © Simon & Schuster,
01 Queen (QU) - QU1,
QU2 etc.
Queen. One of
the ‘Charlemagne’ pieces. Ivory.
02 The Corps of
QUs messengers/KIs messengers (England) have for more
than 800 years carried the most secret of messages of royalty and
government to the four corners of the globe.
They are
03 Indrani: QU of India (famous for her golden skin and
great sensuality, the ideal of Indian womanhood).
04 All ants work for the
QU ant and the hive.
05 Haimati (
06 Rigantona
(Celtic): Great QU.
07 During the
middle ages theology was known as
the QU of science.
08 ‘The Faerie Queene’ was
written in 1590 by Edmund Spenser and recounts the glories of QU Elizabeth-I
(1533-1602), who was also known as the Virgin QU and ‘Good QU Bess’, and the
period in which she reigned is known as the Elizabethan Age. Cynthia: the Moon (Artemis, Diana). Applied to Elizabeth-I by poets.
Queen Bianca, by artist A. Edelfelt, is a lovely and engaging
portrait of a mother and child, unique and universal at the same time. The original now hangs in the
09 Cat: a mother cat is called a QU. Tabby comes from ‘tabbi’, black and white silk imported
from Attabiya, part of old
10 ‘The Snow QU’ by
Hans Christian Anderson (1805-1875).
11 On an empty 8 x 8 board the QU may move between 21 and 27
cells depending on her cell
position.
12 The Italians used to call
QU1 ‘rabioso’ (furious) and the game itself ‘scacchi alla rabioso’. See QU under Major Pieces.
13 Mother: can be regarded by many people as both angel and villain,
chaste vessel of purity, QU of wisdom and consummate idiot.
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15 The Magic Flute by Amadeus Mozart: opera. Prince Tamino is rescued from a serpent by the three
attendants of the QU of the Night, who show him a picture of the QUs daughter Pamina, a
captive of the evil Sarastro. Tamino
falls in love with the potrait
of Pamina. Aided by the bird-catcher
Papageno and his magic flute, he sets
out to save her. He and Pamina undergo
a series of trials of endurance before they can be together.
16A The QU was in a furious passion, and went stamping about,
and shouting, “Off with his head!” or “Off with her head!” about once a minute
(Lewis Carroll 1832-1898).
16B The QU of
Hearts, she made some tarts,
All on a summer day:
The Knave of Hearts, he stole those
tarts,
And took them quite away!
(Lewis
Carroll).
16C ‘There’s no use
trying,’ she said: ‘one can’t believe impossible things.’ I dare say you haven’t had much practice,’
said the QU. ‘When I was your age, I
always did it for half an hour a day.
Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before
breakfast’ (Lewis Carroll).
17 QU Elizabeth-I
(1533-1603): “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the
heart and stomach of a KI, and of a KI
of England too; and think
foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare
to invade the borders of my realm” (Speech on the approach of the Armada,
1588). Belphoebe: QU Elizabeth as a
model of chastity. Cold as an icicle,
passionless and like a moonbeam, light without
warmth.
18 Sir Artegal: hero of volume five of Spenser’s Faerie
QU. Emblematic of Justice. He rescued Irena (
19 Faerie QU (by Edmund
Spenser). Allegorical romance of
chivalry in six books. It tells of the adventures of various knights who belong to
the court of Gloriana (typifying QU Elizabeth-I), who personify various virtues
ie: Calidore, courtesy, Artegal, justice etc.
20 QU Marie Antoinette: “Qu’ils mangent de
la brioche” (“Let them eat cake”).
21 QU Mab: fairy midwife. Romeo and Jiliet I, iv.
22 Maid Marian: female
character known as the QU of the May.
23 QU of long distance roads: the
QU1 has undergone changes in name, sex
and power. In Shanranj this MP was called
(Farz or, Firz), meaning Counsellor or, General. The French may have changed it into Fierce,
Fierge, and Vierge (Virgin), which if true, might
explain why this MP became female.
Another view is that a mp on reaching rank-8 was elevated
in value and became a
‘Farz’ and not any other MP - a promotion that was of
the same kind as that in Draughts or Checkers - in French: Dames. Thus the PA became a Dame
or, QU2 as in the latter game, and thence Dama, Donna etc. The BS amongst the
Persians was called Pil (elephant) but the Arabs not having
the letter ‘p’ in their alphabet, wrote it Fil, or, with their definite article, ‘Al-Fil’. It was the next in command and a force
assisting the Counselor or Minister (QU). The cinderella-type transformation called
promotion (in Chesmayne the sharp
symbol [#] is used to indicate this elevation in stature) is also called
Queening (and really a Coronation), because the usual choice is QU2, the most
powerful MP available. If the elevation
is not to QU2 it is sometimes referred to as an underpromotion (KT3, BS3, RO3, KM3 etc). In the center of a clear board the QU
commands 27 cells (D-Array). Be careful of playing QU1 in front of your KI as you could
find yourself in +DC (discovered). Do not move QU1 at the beginning of the game as she may be attacked and be
compelled to retire with the loss of many moves.
The QU is the most valuable MP on the board
– worth 9 points. QUs always commence
the game on a cell/square of their own colour.
Any number of cells/squares in ‘one’
direction only
Don not
move the QU out too early as she could easily be trapped on a crowded board.
“She floats, she
hesitates; in a word, she’s a woman”.
Queen - the most
powerful MP - Queenly
pre-eminence. Chaturanga: ‘Mantri’ or Minister. MR.
Do not develop your QU too
early during a game as she may be attacked and forced to retreat. Because the QU is so powerful she must
always avoid capture. The QU is known by different names in differing
countries:
01 Englsih: Queen. 02 French: Dame. 03 German: Dame. 04 Italian: Donna. 05 Spanish: Dama. 06 Russian: Ferz. 07 Arabic: Firz.
Below Left: QU1 may move to all 27 red cell/squares
Below Right: QU1 cannot pass PA2 and
PA3
Below Left: QU1 can capture the PAs on File-07
Below Right: QU1 can capture all the PAs in
the diagram
The QU was not a powerful MP until the
last part of the 15th century.
In Indian and Arabic chess the QUs
predecessor was a minister (MR) or Vizer (AD). The QU is the most powerful of all the
chess MPs. The QU is the most powerful
MP in the Chesmayne set, because
she can move any number of cells and in eight different directions (forwards,
backwards, to either side, and along all diagonals). The QU combines the moves of the RO and BS. The QU cannot jump over occupied cells (see
‘Grasshopper’) - only knights can do
this. Because she is so powerful, the
QU is the MP most often chosen for promotion when a mp reaches the
top rank. A mp so promoted is indicated by QU2, QU3 in
the Chesmayne Notation. The QU is the most important attacking MP,
and if you have captured the B-QU you will have less to fear from
leaving A-KI on one of
the central files. The QU is really a RO+BS combined.
QUEEN (to)
01 ‘To QU a mp’
means to promote a mp and exchange the mp for QU2, QU3 etc.
02 Cho-Yo (Japanese Shogi player) has said ‘Quening a PA would be a
ridiculous performance if we do not understand it chessonymously by esoteric
connotation of the meaning of transmodifications of force of vitality. There is an exotery literally no ‘Queening a
PA’ in the Science and Art of War - nay - all
kinds of Struggles.’
QUEENING CELLS (enrobing cells)
The ranks of
cells comprising this area. The cell on
which a mp is promoted to any other MP of the same colour, apart from a
KI. Level-1 = rank-8. The top rank of cells on a chess board on
which a mp is promoted to QU2 or other MP.
XP cells
(purple).
The side of the
board containing file-A, B, C and
D. The side of the chess board on which
QU1 is positioned at the start of the game (ISP). For :A the left-hand flank. MPs/mps positioned on this side of the
board are known as the QUs-BS, QUs-RO and QUs-KT. Level-1, the 32 cells to the left of
the board.
QUEEN BEE
Greek mythology: mother
goddess. Regarded as ‘the birds of the Muses’. Emblem of the Pharoh of
The XY notation is shown on the left. The acentric notation is shown on the
right.
01A PA4-D02/D04 - PA4-C03/A01
01B PA5-D07/D05 - PA5-C14/A04
02A PA3-C02/C04 - PA3-C02/B12
Set-up the board
and play through the moves as shown
above. The QUs gambit is not a real sacrifice of material, since :B cannot safely
hold onto the offered A-PA3. You should
take A-PA3. The gambit declined leads
to difficult positional play while accepting
it leads to more open positions. In the
hands of a mature player
it is one of the strongest openings that can be played. In the 1927 World Championship the QUs gambit
was played in 32 of the 34 games.