ferz
Sign in to saveThe ferz or fers is a fairy chess piece that may move one square diagonally. It was used in orthodox chess and in shatranj before being replaced by the queen.
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The ferz or fers is a fairy chess piece that may move one square diagonally. It was used in orthodox chess and in shatranj before being replaced by the queen.
== History and nomenclature == thumb|upright=1.0|Illustration of a queen () from the Charlemagne chessmen, when she had the move of a ferz The ferz is a very old piece, appearing in chaturanga and shatranj, the ancestors of all chess variants; it also featured in games such as Tamerlane chess. The ferz was a standard chess piece until the modern moves of queen and bishop were developed around the 15th century, with the ferz being replaced by the former.