A fairy chess or Chinese chess piece. A (2,2) leaper, but it cannot jump over an intervening piece, like the mao. In Chinese Chess, the elephant is restricted to its half of the board.
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Quotes of the Day
Vugar Gashimov deserves to be immortalized!
Mahir Mamedov 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
The competition in the men’s tournament has grown massively over the past 20 years. Chess is becoming more and more popular, and there are no weak teams in the tournament any longer.
Andrey Filatov
I thank the Lord for not pairing me with Black against Magnus Carlsen in the first round.
Nigel Short 2017
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.
Marcel Duchamp