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Queens always begin the game on their own colors: the white queen on a white square and the black queen on a black square. We all remember: white on right; queen on colour. Queens are indeed meant to be on their own colors but that begs the question: Why are they meant to be on their own color? They could face each other if they were on their opposite colors too. The reason they face each other is probably more because the kings face each other just as they would on a real battlefield. In ancient forms of Chess there was no queen. There was an "advisor to the king" sitting on the spot the queen now sits. In later years, the queen was introduced and simply replaced the "advisor". Even in that ancient form of chess, the kings faced off against one another. Although the historical response is interesting, the real reason is because that's what the official rules of chess say. Any two people can agree to play by different rules, of course, but they would not be playing the official game of chess. If you really want to play by a different rule, try playing by the old rule that allowed the king to move any number of spaces in any direction, just like the queen.

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