Chess · Stage 0: The board
The queen and the king
The most powerful piece and the most important one. The game is lost when the king is trapped, so learn how each moves.
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The queen moves like a rook and a bishop together, any distance in a straight line or on a diagonal. Here are all the squares this queen can reach.
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