HORIZONTAL CYLINDER

A type of Fairy chessboard where the first and eighth ranks are joined. The board is symbolized by an ordinary diagram without borders on top and bottom. Also named Cylinder Chess.

“Chess is the struggle against the error.” Johannes Zukertort
Carlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings, Carlsen starts to turn the screw. Judith Polgar
FT, 2014
There is no room for gallantry in chess. Irving Chernev
I don’t particularly like being searched electronically. It is inconceivable that such a thing would happen in any other sport. It is fundamentally anti-chess, and I think the people who are behind this decision need their heads looked at! They are sick! They are ruining the very beauty that is chess. Nigel Short
2016
Preparation for a world championship was always an arms race, in previous times with books, then with seconds, today with computers. Vishy Anand
2008

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