queenside

[kween-sahyd]

noun

1. the side of the board on which the queen is positioned at the start of a game, left for white and right for black.

adjective

1. on the queenside.

   to castle queenside; queenside castling.

Word History and Origins

Origin of queenside¹

First recorded in 1910–15; queen ( def. ) + side ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Black in this line must generate queenside counterplay to stave off White’s methodically building kingside attack, but some time-wasting moves by Black’s queen put Yip in the hole after 19.

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Ne3 — White only gets a rook and minor piece for the queen, but his rook on d8 locks up Black’s queenside and allows the kingside mating attack to proceed.

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Caruana ends up gambiting a pawn in return for a pronounced space advantage as Firouzja’s pieces cluster on the queenside.

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White works methodically toward a queenside break, but switches nimbly to the other flank when his opponent overreaches: 19. a4 g5?!

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Kg2, Black’s passer is stopped and his knight immobilized on the queenside.

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