Definition of "queenside" []

• The side of the chessboard that is nearest to the queen's opening position. (noun)

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• "The black king doesn't have time to cross to the queenside."
• "Threatening to fix the black queenside with 11.a5."
• "The game continued 2…Be7 3 Rd7 White needs to exchange one pair of rooks for the king to feel safe in the enemy camp 3…Rcc7 4 Rxc7 Rxc7 5 Kb5 Rc8 6 Rd7 Kf8 7 Kxb6, and the rest of the queenside pawns are [email protected]"