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

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

From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2023

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

From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Bd2 Qc7, Black is a clear pawn to the good with a healthy queenside pawn majority.

From Washington Times • Aug. 8, 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