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   2   | Checkmating the queen wins too. A queen cannot go or stay under check.
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   4 p Just as the king, the queen can be checked and mated. This means that
   5 ul
   6   li It is not allowed to make a move such that the queen can be captured.
   7   li.
   8     When your queen is attacked, you must play a move such that the queen
   9     is no longer attacked.
  10   li If it's impossible, then you lose.
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  12 p.
  13   Since the king remains royal, this allows a new way to win: check both
  14   royal pieces at the same time, like on the following diagrams.
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  16 figure.diagram-container
  17   .diagram.diag12
  18     | fen:4Q3/4K3/8/8/3N4/5k2/2q5/8:
  19   .diagram.diag22
  20     | fen:n2rb1r1/1Qn2p2/5qp1/3p4/P1P2PNp/BP2k2P/R3P1P1/1K4RB:
  21   figcaption Both black king and queen are in check: white wins.
  22
  23 h3 Special moves
  24
  25 p.
  26   If a pawn promotes into a queen, the latter is royal as well.
  27   So under-promotions might be wiser.
  28
  29 p.
  30   You can castle with the queen or the king and any of the two rooks,
  31   under the same conditions as orthodox castling.
  32   Here is the resulting position after two white small castles and
  33   one black large castle with the queen:
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  35 figure.diagram-container
  36   .diagram
  37     | fen:r4rq1/ppppppkp/6p1/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/1QR2RK1:
  38   figcaption After two white small castles and one black large castle.
  39
  40 p.
  41   Note: to castle in a game you need to select
  42   the king or queen first, and then move it to a rook.
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  44 h3 Source
  45
  46 p
  47   a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/winning.dir/coregal.html")
  48     | Coregal Chess
  49   | &nbsp;on chessvariants.com.
  50   | This variant can be played too
  51   a(href="https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=coregal") on greenchess.net
  52   | .
  53
  54 p Inventor: Vernon R. Parton (1970)