queenside

English

Etymology

From queen +‎ side.

Pronunciation

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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, 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.

Translations

chess: side nearest to the queen

Chinese: Mandarin: 后翼 (hòuyì) Finnish: kuningattaren puoli German: Damenflügel (de) m Romanian: partea reginei f

See also

• kingside

Anagrams

• equidense