A Fairy pawn invented by E. Nebermann in 1926 that moves diagonally (c2-b3) and captures orthogonally (c2xc3).
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Quotes of the Day
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)
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere.
David Bronstein
My relation with Korchnoi depends on whether he has slept well. If he had bad dreams, he speaks a lot of rubbish.
Anatoly Karpov 2005
Chess…gives students an opportunity to think at a different level.
Dr. Chad Witherspoon 2014
I personally believe that Karpov should have been more generous with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Kirsan is the only president in the history of FIDE, and maybe in the history of all international federations, who has contributed dozens of million dollars for the sport he loves. By the way, some of these millions went directly to Anatoly’s pocket…
George Makropoulos 2005