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The Presence Of A Queen

The Presence Of A Queen - Met

Unlike the Western Chess, the Queen is the least powerful of all the major pieces in Thai Chess. She is as valuable as a Promoted Pawn(BiaGai). She may move one square per turn and only diagonally.

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