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 |
02 |
French |
Dame |
Les echecs |
03 |
German |
Dame |
Schachspiel |
04 |
Italian |
Donna |
Gli scacchi |
05 |
Spanish |
Dama |
Ajedrez |
06 |
Portuguese |
Rei |
Xadrez |
07 |
Russian |
Ferz |
IIIaxmatbl |
08 |
Arabic |
Firz |
Ash-shatranj |
09 |
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
cells. |
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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.