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
We will note the openings used by the participants of a nine-round match. The age of openings is considerably higher than the age of both rivals. Some opening positions could be analyzed by Steinitz when he was preparing to his match with Zukertort.
Mikhail Tal 1966 (Petrosian-Spassky match)
” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.”
David Bronstein
I can’t tell the difference between 100 zillion positions and 497 zillion positions, but if it helped Deep Blue play stronger, so be it. I was looking forward to Deep Blue boldly going where no man had gone before. 1997″
Vishy Anand
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
Maybe I had something of Capablanca. Why should I prepare when I have ideas?
Svetozar Gligoric 1989 NIC