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 is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders. Savielly Tartakower
Never felt more like singin’ the blues, cos I never thought that I’d ever lose… Vladimir Kramnik 2017
I think I would beat Tal pretty easily. Fischer would be more difficult, but I think I could beat him too. Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings, Carlsen starts to turn the screw. Judith Polgar
FT, 2014
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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