In chess, a queen sacrifice is a move giving up a queen in return for tactical or positional compensation.
Read more about Queen Sacrifice: Queen Sacrifice: Real Versus Sham, Examples
Famous quotes containing the words queen and/or sacrifice:
““The king died and then the queen died” is a story. “The king died, and then queen died of grief” is a plot.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)
“Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I’ve allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom.”
—Bernadette Devlin (b. 1947)