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queenside en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English queen Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English queenside From queen + side.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The side of the chessboard nearest to the queen (at the opening position).
    • [Castling:] A move of the king towards a rook. See the article. In notation 0-0 kingside castling, 0-0-0 queenside castling. 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 31:

Forms

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Relateds

kingside

Translations (5)

cmn 后翼 (chess: side nearest to the queen) · vi cánh hậu (chess: side nearest to the queen) · ro partea reginei (chess: side nearest to the queen) · fi kuningattaren puoli (chess: side nearest to the queen) · de Damenflügel (chess: side nearest to the queen)