Missing Queen?

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Hey all! 

Forgive me if this has already been asked or if I'm being dense somehow... 

But I just accepted my first invite to play. The person who invited me has not responded after I accepted the challenge, but I have been assigned to play black. 

While looking at the board... trying to figure out how things here on Chess.com work, I noticed that whites queen is missing?

There IS a difference in our ratings... of upwards of several hundred points...and the player who is playing white has the higher rating... but that does not explain why his/her? queen is missing.

Is this some setting I don't know about? Some sort of, for lack of a better word, handicap? 

Or is this some sort of glitch?

Has anyone else seen this?

Can anyone tell me what is going on? 

Added a screen grab to show you what I mean... 

Zara

Avatar of Martin_Stahl
Zara_Sayre wrote:

Hey all! 

Forgive me if this has already been asked or if I'm being dense somehow... 

 

But I just accepted my first invite to play. The person who invited me has not responded after I accepted the challenge, but I have been assigned to play black. 

 

While looking at the board... trying to figure out how things here on Chess.com work, I noticed that whites queen is missing?

 

There IS a difference in our ratings... of upwards of several hundred points...and the player who is playing white has the higher rating... but that does not explain why his/her? queen is missing.

 

Is this some setting I don't know about? Some sort of, for lack of a better word, handicap? 

 

Or is this some sort of glitch?

 

Has anyone else seen this?

 

Can anyone tell me what is going on? 

 

Added a screen grab to show you what I mean... 

 

Zara

 

Apparently your opponent challenged you to a custom game without their queen.

Avatar of Zara_Sayre
Huh... I wasn’t aware that was something a person could do. Thanks!