A piece that serially repeats a single move option in the same outward direction.
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Quotes of the Day
Who was the greatest chess player? If chess is an art, Alekhine. If chess is a science, Capablanca. If chess is a struggle, Lasker.
Saviely Tartakower
Good players actually use their long-term memory much more than inexperienced players, who use their short-term memory. Good players try to recall patterns.
Magnus Carlsen 2016 2016
When you see a good move, look for a better one
Emanuel Lasker
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
In the past twenty years Kramnik has played a few thousand games, and if you show me a position from one of them, in 90 percent of the time I will be able to tell you which game it is from.
Vishy Anand 2008