JOKER

A Fairy piece that assumes the powers of the last piece moved by the opponent. It cannot move into check and cannot capture a guarded man.

Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963. Mikhail Botvinnik
1966
A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. Rudolf Spielmann
When I saw MVL’s position, it is like a football match where you’re 3:0 down, with two minutes to go and you’re down to 10 men! Lev Aronian
2016
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere. David Bronstein
Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games. These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they’re going to know the truth when I do this book! Robert Fischer
September, 1 1992

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