Discover the legendary sacrifices made by some of the greatest chess players in history, including Mikhail Tal, Nezhmetdinov, ...

As black, the queen is on the right-hand side. As it exists now, the lighter color always moves first. Some see this as analogous to racial privileges in society.

The queen is the most powerful piece in chess. Dive into the history of the game to find out why . Levy Rozman is one the internet’s most popular chess teachers.

To be fair, chess even today remains a male-predominant pastime, with semi-active Chinese GM Hou Yifan, the world’s highest rated woman, coming in at No. 126 on the latest FIDE world rankings.

Chess 2506 1 Qh6+ Kf7 2 Rf4! exf4 3 Re1! when the double threat of Qg7/h7 mate forces Black to give up his queen. Chess 2505 1 Rb8+! Qxb8 (if Kf7 2 Qa7+ and Black is soon mated) ...