Talk:Queen (chess)

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Contents 1 He was truly called Vazir 2 in addition to what I said above 3 pawn turns into queen 4 Removed

[edit] He was truly called Vazir

In the historical ancestors of chess, shatranj, the queen was a fairly weak piece called a fers or vizier. The modern queen's move arose in 15th century Europe.

I have never heard the sentence above. I urge author to introduce a source for his or her claim.

Well, it is truly called Vazir or Farzin in Persian and the Persia since firstly in ancient Persia and ancient age in general the queen had no political power and status. In ancient Persia, for example, there was a person who was very close to the King and was consulting with the King. Some thing like chancellor or Prime minister. secondly, as you know, when a pawn cross the board and gets over the edge, he becomes queen, well it does not make sense. The idea behind this incident is that the new status is a prize for a brave soldier that passes the enemy's area. Certainly he is not gonna marry the King and become second queen!, it was not practiced in the old Persia. He becomes a minister and a man who has more power. As a result, as I said, they were calling it Minister and in that era, minister or Vazir or Chancellor was the most important person in the country, as you see the current UK political system, the prime minister is having the real power not the queen or King or any other member of royal family. The King in the old Persia was head of state. The practical affairs and ministries were managed by the chancellor.

[edit] in addition to what I said above

especially a person who really helped the chess get developed was named "Bozorg Mehr" or Burzoe. In his era, as I said he had a status like chancellor and he was not the King. proved by very well-known sourses and diries, he was playing chess daily with the King (Khosrau I)

[edit] pawn turns into queen

I think I read somewhere that in case a pawn makes it all the way to the opposite edge of the board it may be exchanged for a queen. If this is true it should be included in the article.

Note that it doesn't necessarily have to be a queen, it can promote to any piece of its own colour except a king. Insanephantom (please comment on my Editor Review!) 12:47, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed

I removed the unnecessary "'''Queen.'''" from the diagram caption; it isn't really required. Yuser31415 (Editor review two!) 07:02, 24 January 2007 (UTC)