A fairy chess piece introduced by T.R. Dawson that moves like a normal queen except when capturing. To capture a piece, the Leo must jump over it, landing on any square that is directly in its path.
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Quotes of the Day
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky
Chess is my hobby. I have been playing chess since five years old. I like to play chess, to help chess, sponsoring chess, and attract my business friends to chess in order to develop and popularize chess. Everybody has a hobby. My hobby is chess, boxing and Buddhism.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2010
There is no room for gallantry in chess.
Irving Chernev
Sport can make girls feel more stronger, more stable and you can fight in the future when you enter the society. It is a really good quality for a girl and I think sports are a good way to generate your personality which is really important.
Hou Yifan 2016
” (about Lasker) For me, this personality, notwithstanding his fundamentally optimistic attitude, had a tragic note. The enormous mental resilience, without which no chess player can exist, was so much taken up by chess that he could never free his mind of this game, even when he was occupied by philosophical and humanitarian questions.”
Albert Einstein