queenside

queenside

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English queen
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *sīdaz
Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ
Old English sīde
Middle English side
English side
English queenside

    From queen + side.

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    Noun

    queenside (usually uncountable, plural queensides)

    1. (chess) The side of the chessboard nearest to the queen (at the opening position).
      • 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE‎[1], page 31:
        [Castling:] A move of the king towards a rook. See the article. In notation 0-0 kingside castling, 0-0-0 queenside castling.

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