Chess has a lot of rules to keep track of and can be a bit confusing. Here’s a commonly asked question about the king.

Can a King Kill a Queen In Chess?

Yes. “Kill” isn’t the terminology usually used in chess, but a king can capture a queen, removing her from the board.

This isn’t going to happen very often, because the king can only move 1 square at a time. The king can’t move right next to the queen because that would put it in check. So, to take the enemy queen, the queen would have to move right next to the king and be unprotected.

Some possible reasons to do this include:

A blunder
A sacrifice

All the legal moves are bad

The king can take any of the enemy pieces (besides the enemy king), including the queen, and the king becomes more useful as an attacking piece as the board clears.

So, yes, a king can kill a queen in chess. If that’s all you needed to know about kings or queens, why not set up the board and get playing.