HOPPER

A Fairy piece invented by Peter Pratt in 1803 that has two Knight-leaps in its move. It is created from a pawn that reaches the eighth rank before any pieces of its color have been captured.

Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess. Irving Chernev
Karpov Lost, Kasparov Lost, the Only One Who Remained Is Me … Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
2014
” Chess is most certainly not my life.” Tony Miles
What’s been bothering me is not that I haven’t won tournaments, but that I haven’t played very well. Magnus Carlsen
2017
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

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