Forfeit Quote by Deborah Harkness

“That is the queen—the most powerful piece on the board. She can move in any direction, and go as far as she wishes.” There…

— Lisa Kleypas

For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move…

— Howard Staunton

“Though queens are a particular obsession of mine. I’m not speaking of European sovereigns, mind you, but that most glorious force of the chessboard.…

— Brian K. Vaughan

In the Game of Chess I lost my Queen

— Dinesh

The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

In a game of chess; the Queen protects the King. Every man needs a Good Women

— Sean Taylor

By what right does White, in an absolutely even position, such as after move one, when both sides have advanced 1. e4, sacrifice a…

— Emanuel Lasker

Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row.

— Anonymous

A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one…

— Howard Staunton

“The queen has freedom the king does not. She decides her own fate.”

— Skye Warren

A king only bows down to his queen

— Josh

The queen was my favorite chess piece. Unlike the women I knew in real life, she was powerful. Her job was to defend her…

— Rachel Vincent