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A fairy chess piece invented by John Driver in 1966 that move like a Queen but must always begin or end a move at the edge of the board. The piece is represented on diagrams by a Queen that has been rotated one quarter-turn anti-clockwise.

With the modern computer age, there are some new ideas, but the principles are basically the same… I try not to over-focus on preparation. Magnus Carlsen
2012
My style is based on giving energy and creating. Karpov’s style is something that is probably taking energy from his opponent. NIC 1989 Garry Kasparov
1989 NIC
Politics is a team game, here it is necessary to compromise, to take into account the views of other people. As for Garry, he is quite a contentious, totalitarian person. But in general, I’m sorry that Kasparov switched to a role that does not match the scale of his personality. Vladimir Kramnik
2015
Karpov is the official World Champion, but I’m not sure what that really means. Jan Timman
1993
Vasiukov hadn’t won a single game against me for 59 years and then suddenly won. I can’t call it shame. Shame or no shame, it’s a pity that he won… Viktor Korchnoi
2012

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