Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The side of the chessboard that is nearest to the queen's opening position.
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- noun chess The side of the
chessboard nearest to thequeen (at the opening position).
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Examples
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I can't see any tactics, so maybe the thing to do is to try to take advantage of the weak dark squares on Black's queenside.
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Black is no longer able to block the queenside, as after 9.
Lubomir Kavalek: Chess Legend Turns to Music Lubomir Kavalek 2011
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The American would get low marks for his opening play in the King's Indian defense, wasting time and allowing Anand free advance on the queenside.
Lubomir Kavalek: The Great London Chess Debate Lubomir Kavalek 2011
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DK Black's position is in tatters on the queenside and in the centre, so there's no point in defensive moves such as 1…Nd7.
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The queenside was wiped out and black's rooks are ready to invade white's position.
Lubomir Kavalek: The Great London Chess Debate Lubomir Kavalek 2011
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The American would get low marks for his opening play in the King's Indian defense, wasting time and allowing Anand free advance on the queenside.
Lubomir Kavalek: The Great London Chess Debate Lubomir Kavalek 2011
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Threatening to fix the black queenside with 11.a5.
Lubomir Kavalek: Aronian Wins the Last Amber Chess Tourney Lubomir Kavalek 2011
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The black king doesn't have time to cross to the queenside.
Lubomir Kavalek: Hikaru Nakamura's Great Chess Triumph Lubomir Kavalek 2011
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The game continued 2…Be7 3 Rd7 White needs to exchange one pair of rooks for the king to feel safe in the enemy camp 3…Rcc7 4 Rxc7 Rxc7 5 Kb5 Rc8 6 Rd7 Kf8 7 Kxb6, and the rest of the queenside pawns are falling.chess@guardian.co.uk
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The queenside was wiped out and black's rooks are ready to invade white's position.
Lubomir Kavalek: The Great London Chess Debate Lubomir Kavalek 2011
seanahan commented on the word queenside
The side of a chessboard where the queen starts.
February 21, 2007
bilby commented on the word queenside
I don't have a queen on my cheeseboard.
June 22, 2008