Any fairy chess piece that captures an opposing piece by leaping over it
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
Carlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did”
Magnus Carlsen 2017
Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.
Irving Chernev
16. “By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don’t swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.
Anatoly Karpov
I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middle-game!
David Janowski
First of all, I am a mother, and only then a chessplayer
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 2009
