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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.

” Kasparov was like Samson, but his hair has been shorn (2000).” Nathan Divinsky
We must finish once and for all with the neutrality of chess. We must condemn once and for all the formula “chess for the sake of chess”, like the formula “art for art’s sake”. We must organize shock brigades of chess-players, and begin immediate realization of a Five-Year Plan for chess. Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko
Carlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did” Magnus Carlsen
2017
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively. Mark Dvoretsky
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere. David Bronstein

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