ALFIL

Arabic for elephant. Also a Bishop in Spanish. A (2,2) leaper. Found in shatranj and replaced in chess, in Europe, by the bishop around 1500.

Chess needs Kasparov, he’s very important for chess, he’s a very important figure who can open a lot of doors for chess. And for Kirsan, of course, it was a joke. Silvio Danailov
2013
Looks like I’m going to raise the average age of the field and lower the average rating! Garry Kasparov
2017
Petrosian-Spassky? To think I could have watched an excellent football match instead! Mikhail Tal
1966
I have often written that Karpov is like an iceberg. Well, Kasparov was the Titanic. Alexander Roshal
I don’t particularly like being searched electronically. It is inconceivable that such a thing would happen in any other sport. It is fundamentally anti-chess, and I think the people who are behind this decision need their heads looked at! They are sick! They are ruining the very beauty that is chess. Nigel Short
2016

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