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.
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Quotes of the Day
I think I would beat Tal pretty easily. Fischer would be more difficult, but I think I could beat him too.
Magnus Carlsen
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
With the modern computer age, there are some new ideas, but the principles are basically the same… I try not to over-focus on preparation.
Magnus Carlsen 2012
It isn’t important what comes off the board, but what stays on!
Yasser Seirawan
” Kasparov was like Samson, but his hair has been shorn (2000).”
Nathan Divinsky