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What did the queen do before then?

• btilly 5y ago
  The queen was called a fers, and could only move one space diagonally according to most descriptions.
  • gus_massa 5y ago
    More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess#History
    • boomboomsubban 5y ago
      Even more details, like how Queen Isabella may have inspired the change and that it was common to declare the queen in "check" for quite some time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(chess)#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(chess)#History
      • dvirsky 5y ago
        > ... the ability of pawns to be queened was restricted while the original queen was still on the board, so as not to cause scandal by providing the king with more than one queen. This is awesome :)