A continuous line of squares. Identification is made by naming the squares at each end. The diagonals a1- h8 and h1- a8 are known as the long diagonals.
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Quotes of the Day
I’ve been playing chess professionally for 35 years! It’s a long time, and when people can still say that they enjoy my chess, that’s great.
Nigel Short 2016
When I am White I win because I am White. When I am Black I win because I am Bogoljubov.
Efim Bogoljubov
What am I doing in this pool of piranhas?
Nigel Short 2017
FIDE is now a political organization. And being a political organization, it, of course, means that people in FIDE have some other interests – that is, to sit in their positions for the next hundred years.
Silvio Danailov 2016
I will be World Champion, if not now I will be World Champion later, but of course better now!
Sergey Karjakin 2016