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==Q== {{glossary}} {{term|term= Q|content= Q {{anchor|Q}} }} {{defn|defn= Symbol used for the [[#queen|queen]] when recording chess moves in English.<ref name="Staunton 2009, p. 57">Staunton 2009, p. 57</ref>}} {{term|term= QGA|content= [[Queen's Gambit Accepted|QGA]] {{anchor|QGA}} }} {{defn|defn= The Queen's Gambit Accepted [[#opening|opening]].<ref>Staunton 2009, p. 355</ref>}} {{term|term= QGD|content= [[Queen's Gambit Declined|QGD]] {{anchor|QGD}} }} {{defn|defn= The Queen's Gambit Declined [[#opening|opening]].<ref>Staunton 2009, p. 360</ref>}} {{term|term= QID|content= [[Queen's Indian Defense|QID]] {{anchor|QID}} }} {{defn|defn= The Queen's Indian Defense [[#opening|opening]].<ref>Kaan 2016, pp. 161β62</ref>}} {{term|term= quad|content= quad {{anchor|Quad|quads}} }} {{defn|defn= A [[#round-robin tournament|round-robin style]] tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.}} {{term|term= queen|content= [[Queen (chess)|queen]] {{anchor|Queen|queens}} }} {{defn|no=1|defn= ''n''. A piece that may move along [[#rank|ranks]], [[#file|files]], and [[#diagonal|diagonals]] without jumping.}} {{defn|no=2|defn= ''v''. To [[#promotion|promote]] a pawn.}} {{term|term= queen bishop|content= queen bishop {{anchor|Queen bishop|queen's bishop|Queen's bishop|queen bishops}} }} {{defn|defn= Or '''queen's bishop'''. The [[#bishop|bishop]] that is on the [[#queenside|queenside]] at the start of the game. Sometimes abbreviated "QB".<ref>Pandolfini 2009, p. 306</ref>}} {{term|term= queening|content= queening {{anchor|Queening|queened}} }} {{defn|defn= [[#promotion|Promotion]] to a [[#queen|queen]].<ref name="Staunton 2009, pp. 2β7">Staunton 2009, pp. 2β7</ref> Also called ''promoting''. Rarely used to indicate promotion to a knight, rook, or bishop (i.e. [[#underpromotion|underpromotion]]) as well.<ref name="Staunton 2014, p. 61">Staunton 2014, p. 61</ref>}} {{term|term= queen knight|content= queen knight {{anchor|Queen knight|queen's knight|Queen's knight|queen knights}} }} {{defn|defn= Or '''queen's knight'''. The [[#knight|knight]] that is on the [[#queenside|queenside]] at the start of the game. Sometimes abbreviated "QN".<ref name="Staunton 2009, pp. 2β7">Staunton 2009, pp. 2β7</ref>}} {{term|term= queen pawn|content= queen pawn {{anchor|Queen pawn|queen's pawn|Queen's pawn|queen pawns}} }} {{defn|defn= Or '''queen's pawn'''. A [[#pawn|pawn]] on the queen's [[#file|file]], i.e. the d-file. Sometimes abbreviated "QP". Also ''queen rook pawn'' (QRP), ''queen knight pawn'' (QNP), and ''queen bishop pawn'' (QBP) for a pawn on the a-, b-, or c-file, respectively.<ref name="Staunton 2009, pp. 2β7">Staunton 2009, pp. 2β7</ref>}} {{term|term= queen pawn opening|content= [[Queen's Pawn Game|queen pawn opening]] {{anchor|Queen pawn opening|queen's pawn opening|Queen's pawn opening|queen pawn openings}} }} {{defn|defn= Or '''queen's pawn opening'''. An [[#opening|opening]] that begins 1.d4. }} {{term|term= queen rook|content= queen rook {{anchor|Queen rook|queen's rook|Queen's rook|queen rooks}} }} {{defn|defn= Or '''queen's rook'''. The [[#rook|rook]] that is on the [[#queenside|queenside]] at the start of the game. Sometimes abbreviated "QR".<ref name="Staunton 2009, pp. 2β7">Staunton 2009, pp. 2β7</ref>}} {{term|term= queenside|content= queenside {{anchor|Queenside|queen's side|Queen's side}} }} {{defn|defn= Or '''queen's side'''. The side of the board (board-half) the [[#queen|queens]] are on at the start of the game (the a- through d-[[#file|file]]), as opposed to the ''[[#kingside|kingside]]''.<ref name="Staunton 2009, p. 3">Staunton 2009, p. 3</ref> Also called ''queen's wing''.}} {{term|term= quickplay finish|content= quickplay finish {{anchor|Quickplay finish}} }} {{defn|defn= The same as ''[[#sudden death|sudden death]]''.<ref>United States Chess Federation 2003, p. 337</ref>}} {{term|term= quiet move|content= quiet move {{anchor|Quiet move|quiet moves}} }} {{defn|defn= A move that does not attack or capture an enemy piece.<ref>Hertan 2014, p. 193</ref>}} {{glossary end}}
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