A Fairy piece that assumes the powers of the last piece moved by the opponent. It cannot move into check and cannot capture a guarded man.
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Quotes of the Day
My chess method is without formulas, without orthodox thinking. I always explain that chess is an art and that there are no definite judgments.
Lev Polugaevsky 1990 NIC
The competition in the men’s tournament has grown massively over the past 20 years. Chess is becoming more and more popular, and there are no weak teams in the tournament any longer.
Andrey Filatov
Petrosian-Spassky? To think I could have watched an excellent football match instead!
Mikhail Tal 1966
” Kasparov was like Samson, but his hair has been shorn (2000).”
Nathan Divinsky
Everything is very concrete nowadays. The computer often gives unnatural moves which are correct, but sometimes hard to remember. You know a line is correct, but then your forget something and lose terribly.
Daniel Stellwagen 2010