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    Chess historians have found that the powerful queen piece in modern chess was inspired by Queen Isabella of Castile. Originally, the queen's piece was male and had limited movement, but around 1475 when Isabella became queen, it became a female piece that could move one square. It was not until 1495, when Isabella was the most powerful woman in Europe, that the queen piece gained its current ability to move freely in all directions, reflecting Isabella's great power and influence at that time.

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    Chess historians have found that the powerful queen piece in modern chess was inspired by Queen Isabella of Castile. Originally, the queen's piece was male and had limited movement, but around 1475 when Isabella became queen, it became a female piece that could move one square. It was not until 1495, when Isabella was the most powerful woman in Europe, that the queen piece gained its current ability to move freely in all directions, reflecting Isabella's great power and influence at that time.

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    Isabel La Catolica XIII

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    Chess historians have found that the powerful queen piece in modern chess was inspired by Queen Isabella of Castile. Originally, the queen's piece was male and had limited movement, but around 1475 when Isabella became queen, it became a female piece that could move one square. It was not until 1495, when Isabella was the most powerful woman in Europe, that the queen piece gained its current ability to move freely in all directions, reflecting Isabella's great power and influence at that time.

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    Isabella, Queen of Castile, the monarch who unified Spain and sent Christopher Columbus on his voyages to the New World, is credited with inspiring the figure of the queen in modern chess. Not until the late fifteenth century, when Queen Isabella was at the height of her powers, did the queen become the most powerful piece on the chessboard, according to research chess historians have presented in Valencia. "In its original form, the equivalent of the queen was male," said Dr Govert Westerveld, a Dutch chess historian. "Around 1475, when Isabella was crowned queen of Castile, the figure became female but able to move only one square at a time, like the king. "Not until 1495, when Isabella was the most powerful woman in Europe, were the present rules of chess established, in which the queen roams freely in all directions on the board."
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