EDGEHOG

A fairy chess piece invented by John Driver in 1966 that move like a Queen but must always begin or end a move at the edge of the board. The piece is represented on diagrams by a Queen that has been rotated one quarter-turn anti-clockwise.

Carlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did” Magnus Carlsen
2017
Everything is very concrete nowadays. The computer often gives unnatural moves which are correct, but sometimes hard to remember. You know a line is correct, but then your forget something and lose terribly. Daniel Stellwagen
2010
In addition to talent, Magnus has the health of a racehorse and a powerful nervous system. Vladimir Kramnik
2015
You can’t look too annoyed or they’ll look for the mistake you’ve made. A lot of the time it’s about looking for these opportunities and if you give them a clue, the good players will find it. Magnus Carlsen
2016
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another. Marcel Duchamp

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