A Fairy chess piece that possesses the power of both the Queen and the Knight. This piece was also used in orthodox chess until the 18th century in Europe. Also known as a Maharaja.
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Quotes of the Day
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
” Oh, those exclamation points! How they erode the innocent soul of the amateur, removing all hope of allowing him to examine another player’s ideas critically!”
Tigran Petrosian
Tactics is what you do when there is something to do; strategy is what you do when there is nothing to do.
Savielly Tartakower
We will note the openings used by the participants of a nine-round match. The age of openings is considerably higher than the age of both rivals. Some opening positions could be analyzed by Steinitz when he was preparing to his match with Zukertort.
Mikhail Tal 1966 (Petrosian-Spassky match)
Kasparov doesn’t care about chess, but only about himself and his political goals
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2015