chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

Q, the English languagc symbol for the queen
Thus Q side, thc qneen\{ide.
QUAADE GAMBIT, 587 in lhc KN. s cAMDt
Accepted, advocated by a Dutch sea captain, D.
L Quaade, in 168,1. but known earliei. Conparc
QITaDRANT, somelimes .aUcd quadrangle (sAR
tun) orsquareoltnc paxn, a temused to delinc
the relationship belween lhe Position ofa ki.e and
thalolan enemypawn, aconsideration thatmaybe
imponant in lhe endgamc.
'l hc advancc ofa pavn cannot be prelented by the
opposingside s kingilit cannot be broughl qnhin
the quadranl, which becomes smlller asthc pawn
advances. The dilgram shows lwo quadranh
markcdwirh a boldline lora pasn at b2 orb3 and a
broken line for a paNn atb.1. Black topla!dra*sb!
1. . . Kg3or1. . . Kg,l. Whirelophysinsb, I bt
because Black c,nnot ert hh king $ithnr the
sh&hnatil Listak,1928 Alter 1c8:O Bi5+ 2
Kc7 Bxcs White losesr but he can dra$ by I Kcs
b5 2 Kd7 (a $rcsBAc() 2. .b.1 3Kd6BI5,l
Ke5 Bc8 5 Kd.l hc.anse his kins n within drc
quadranl, c.g. 5 b3 6 Kc3 Bc6 I c8=Q
OUEEN, (1) a olior piece represented b, th.
synbol O or thc igurine g lI i a L'N.-PIE.Ethat
n.y be moved along lhe ranks and 6les like lhe
rook and alongrhedia-Eonah likethebishoP. On a.
otheNise enpty board the queen luacks an odd
nunber ofsquares in the range 21lo 27 dcrcnding
onrtsposition.Inthe aray the qu.cns sland ondl
Now 1he nrodgesr pic.e. tbe queen was one ol
the weakcsl until the nep gane was inlrodLced
. 1475. Thc mosl influential ol thc changes then
madcwas th€ added poBergivc.lothe newqueen,
a piece the llalians callcd /abi,s, (furiou, Tle
game qith the ncwmoves. J.,cchi ullu rabiotu. nas
given somc readers tbe plausible but Nrone idea
that the name Bas adopted bccause chess'players
were inclined 10 nadncss. The use of lbe sord
queenqas carly andwidespread- but tac origin ol
thc name is enignatic. Tle Arabi.rrz or hRziN
(counselor) was nevcr tanslared inlo a Europea.
language afthough ir was adopledin variousforms,
changine its gender Lon masculinc to feminine.
LonC before lhe nodern Camc was nrtroduced this
ancestorollhequeenwas.alleddaDe and rsstillso
called in Fra.cc. Ches-playes oay hlve boF
rosed thc qord ftom lhe gane oldraughts which
the Frcnch to this day call l.r de damzt. 'lhe
transirion lron l4rne to quccn xould be natural. a
desire lo pair rhe cc.trat pie.es
A stndy by Alcxandcr Vasilycvich Sarychc!
(190+ ) and his rwiD brother KniI (1909-s0).