A fairy chess piece introduced by T.R. Dawson that moves like a normal queen except when capturing. To capture a piece, the Leo must jump over it, landing on any square that is directly in its path.
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Quotes of the Day
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky
Petrosian-Spassky? To think I could have watched an excellent football match instead!
Mikhail Tal 1966
Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer style.
Garry Kasparov 2017
The main thing is that you’ve got to keep on studying however old you are. You can’t just rely on your capital, so you have to try and keep up, and that is a difficult task.
Nigel Short 2016
Not this time, Mr. Carlsen! (after winning the World Blitz Championship 2016)
Sergey Karjakin 2016