The Queen starts on d1 for white and d8 for black (if you don't know what this means, check out the Chess Notation page)

The Queen chess piece is like a combination of the Rook and Bishop chess pieces

The queen can move in any direction on a straight or diagonal path

The queen cannot "jump" over any piece on the board, so its movements are restricted to any direction of unoccupied squares

The queen can be used to capture any of your opponent's pieces on the board