A Fairy chess piece invented by K. Schilz in 1943 that possesses the power of one piece when advancing and of another when retreating. No hunter can move laterally.
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Quotes of the Day
Karpov is the official World Champion, but I’m not sure what that really means.
Jan Timman 1993
Chess needs Kasparov, he’s very important for chess, he’s a very important figure who can open a lot of doors for chess. And for Kirsan, of course, it was a joke.
Silvio Danailov 2013
I never make mistakes in chess, I only have hallucinations!
Vlastimil Hort 1987
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
We must finish once and for all with the neutrality of chess. We must condemn once and for all the formula “chess for the sake of chess”, like the formula “art for art’s sake”. We must organize shock brigades of chess-players, and begin immediate realization of a Five-Year Plan for chess.
Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko