In chess, a queen sacrifice is a move giving up a queen in return for tactical or positional compensation.
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Famous quotes containing the words queen and/or sacrifice:
“Ah petal, dust and wind-fall
on the ground queen awaiting queen.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“The cannon thunders ... limbs fly in all directions ... one can hear the groans of victims and the howling of those performing the sacrifice ... it’s Humanity in search of happiness.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)