Plate II
The Queen
STAUNTON PATTERN · CORONET · WEIGHTED
9 POINTS · A ROOK AND BISHOP IN ONE
The whole board at once — rank, file, and diagonal, any distance.
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- 1Coronet
- 2Weighted base
[The spec]
- Move
- Any distance — line or diagonal
- Value
- 9 points
- Starts on
- d1 / d8 — queen on her colour
- Coronet
- Points, not the king’s cross
[At the board]
Worth about nine pawns, she starts on her own colour: the white queen on the light d1, the black queen on the dark d8. Her coronet of points sets her apart from the king’s cross, and the second queen you get from promoting a pawn is why serious sets ship with an extra pair.
[Take it home]
Carry the position as original merch in the first run, or read the deeper club-grade guides.