queenside

American  

[kween-sahyd] / ˈkwinˌsaɪd /

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.

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adjective

1. on the queenside.

   to castle queenside; queenside castling.

Etymology

Origin of queenside

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Black rightly seeks queenside counterplay but can’t shake White’s single-minded focus on checkmate on the other wing: 19.

From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2023

Qd3 — White has recovered the gambit pawn, Black’s queenside pawns are a mess, and Spassky still enjoys a strong lead in development; Black’s game may already be beyond salvation.

From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2023

Rhg3, Black is about to lose his queen and get mated, without his queenside pieces having made a move; Stearman gave up.

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2023

In the tricky play that follows, White manages to eliminate all of Black’s queenside pawns but Lee gets her rooks in position to escort her kingside pawns down the board.

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2023