- Q
- Symbol used for the queen when recording chess moves in English.
- QGA
- The Queen's Gambit Accepted chess opening.
- QGD
- The Queen's Gambit Declined chess opening.
- QID
- The Queen's Indian Defence chess opening.
- Quad
- A round-robin style tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
- Queen
- Also used as a verb for the act of promoting to a Queen, e.g. "... to queen the pawn".
- Queen Bishop
- The bishop that was on the queenside at the start of the game. The terms Queen Knight and Queen Rook are also used. Sometimes abbreviated QB, QN, and QR respectively.
- Queen pawn
- A pawn on the queen's file, i.e. the d-file. Sometimes abbreviated QP. Also Queen Rook Pawn (QRP), Queen Knight Pawn (QNP), and Queen Bishop Pawn (QBP) for pawns on the a, b, and c-files respectively.
- Queening
- Promotion to a queen. Also called #Promotion. Rarely used to indicate promotion to a knight, rook, or bishop as well (underpromotion).
- Queenside
- The side of the board where the queens are at the start of the game (the a through d files), as opposed to the kingside.
- Quickplay finish
- Same as "Sudden Death".
- Quiet move
- A move which does not attack or capture an enemy piece.
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