queen
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A queen is a chess piece that can move any number of squares in any direction—straight across, up and down, or diagonally—making it the most powerful piece on the board. Because of its unrestricted movement, the queen is crucial to winning strategies in chess and is typically the most valuable piece a player can use.
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The queen (♕, ♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. It can move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally, combining the powers of the rook and bishop. Each player starts the game with one queen, placed in the middle of the first rank next to the king. Because the queen is the strongest piece, a pawn is promoted to a queen in the vast majority of cases; if a pawn is promoted to a piece other than a queen, it is an underpromotion.
The predecessor to the queen is the ferz, a weak piece only able to move or capture one step diagonally, originating from the Persian game of shatranj. The queen acquired its modern move in Spain in the 15th century.