The ancestror of the king. A piece used in Shatranj which moved like the king today.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
Danailov, in his campaign, used the motto – “I know.” One or two months later he said “I am learning.” Three years after, we know that he cannot learn. He gave so many promises, he has done absolutely nothing.
Georgios Makropoulos 2013
I thank the Lord for not pairing me with Black against Magnus Carlsen in the first round.
Nigel Short 2017
People knew about 110 years of chess history. Nowadays, nobody is able to tell you the name of the world champion of 2000.
Anatoly Karpov 2005
” Chess is a sport. A violent sport.”
Marcel Duchamp
Chess should not become an obsession. Otherwise there’s a danger that you will slide off into a parallel world, that you lose your sense of reality, get lost in the infinite cosmos of the game. You become crazy.
Magnus Carlsen 2010
