CHAMELEON

A Fairy chess piece invented in 1925 that changes its power on each move. Can be a Queen, Knight, Bishop and Rook successfully. Name of an opening given by Savielly Tartakower 1. d4 e6 which can deviated to the Dutch with 2. c4 f5, to the French with 2. e4 d5 or to an Indian system with 2. c4 Nf6. Also a variation of the Sicilian Defense : 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2. An opening used with success by Garry Kasparov, Robert Fischer, Vishy Anand, Vassily Ivanchuk and Nigel Short.

” The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.” Alexander Alekhine
.If we compare Carlsen with Anand or me or someone else, by ten criteria, he will be stronger in eight of them. Veselin Topalov
2015
I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of Chess Siegbert Tarrasch
The duty of a World Champion is not only to play games but also to explain to the public why he is winning Garry Kasparov
NIC 1989
I still think people can learn at any age – I’m actually sure about that. It’s just that the ceiling is lower for how far you want to go. Magnus Carlsen
2016

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