A type of Fairy piece that must leap over a screen in order to move/capture. It moves like a Rider. Examples of hoppers are the Grasshopper, Equihopper and Locust.
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Quotes of the Day
” 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
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
Siegbert Tarrasch
Fischer wanted to prove that all world championship games after his victory were prearranged. He did not convince me.
Vishy Anand 2008
” Chess is most certainly not my life.”
Tony Miles
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.
Hans Ree