HOPPER

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.

I am fighting for the future of chess, for the integrity of the game I love. Only when it’s clean it can grow. Garry Kasparov
2014
In the 70s Karpov was a darling of the Politburo or the political elite. So Kramnik is now. Just like the old days. But at least Karpov, unlike him, played in and won qualifying matches. Veselin Topalov
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
When I am in the USSR, I have the feeling that every tram conductor plays chess better than I do. Hans Ree
If the FIDe elections were not decided by the votes of the delegates but by the world’s chess society as a whole, there would not even be a competition. Anatoly Karpov
NIC 2010

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