A general term applied to all Pawns and pieces. The word ‘man’ is used for any one of the 32 chessmen.
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Quotes of the Day
Fischer was the first to send me a telegram when I was in Amsterdam after I had defected, saying ‘Congratulations on the correct move’.
Vikor Kortchnoi 1986 NIC
I never make mistakes in chess, I only have hallucinations!
Vlastimil Hort 1987
If the FIDe elections were not decided by the votes of the delegates but by the world’s chess society as a whole, there would not even be a competition.
Anatoly Karpov NIC 2010
.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
Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer style.
Garry Kasparov 2017