A queen sacrifice is the deliberate sacrifice of a queen in order to gain a more favorable tactical position.
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“The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, began screaming “Off with her head! Off with—”
“Nonsense!” said Alice loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“hair and hide
a sacrifice of blood and flowers
on his altar
if any worshipper
kneel or not.”
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