ANCHOR RING

A combination of vertical and horizontal cylinder boards, used for Fairy Problem, so that not only do the a- and h-files adjoin, but also the 1^st and 8^th rank, and the board has no edges at all. It is sometime diagrammed without edges.

You only task in the opening is to reach a playable middle game. Lajos Portisch
Maybe I had something of Capablanca. Why should I prepare when I have ideas? Svetozar Gligoric
1989 NIC
” (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
Chess is respected in culture and education, but our organization is far behind. FIDE must lead, not drag chess down. Garry Kasparov
2014
I think I like chess. That’s the main reason that I’m able to play at a reasonably high level – that I really love chess. Always have and always will (smiles). It’s the best game in the world! Nigel Short
2016

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ANCHOR RING

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