A piece used in the Shatranj. The ancestor of the rook.
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Quotes of the Day
No player, however strong, no member, however large, shall stand above FIDE
Florencio Campomanes
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
In addition to talent, Magnus has the health of a racehorse and a powerful nervous system.
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
it would have been a debacle if Karjakin had become the 17th World Champion.
Garry Kasparov 2016
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
