The Queen used to be the weakest piece of all until Queen Isabella witnessed chess in her court and asked if the men thought she that weak. The piece was then made the most versatile of all
its also the most relied on piece by many low rank players. if you take their queen they don't know what to do. most low ranked that i have played put themselves in very bad positions because they were protecting their queen over their king.
Thats because the game is Arabic actually Iranian but you get the idea. The term check mate is actually derived from Arabic. Pronounced "sheeck mat" translation "dead priest". We talked about it today in my arabic class
Oh, I, do you?
A funny thing, a king that gets himself assassinated.
Metroid Prime...
Mass Effect Andromeda...
Mirros Edge... I can go on.
Chess was around before those