The ancestror of the king. A piece used in Shatranj which moved like the king today.
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Quotes of the Day
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.
Hans Ree
We will note the openings used by the participants of a nine-round match. The age of openings is considerably higher than the age of both rivals. Some opening positions could be analyzed by Steinitz when he was preparing to his match with Zukertort.
Mikhail Tal 1966 (Petrosian-Spassky match)
Karpov is the official World Champion, but I’m not sure what that really means.
Jan Timman 1993
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it’s okay to lose. I don’t. You have to be merciless.
Magnus Carlsen
The Golden Age, when machines were weak and my hair was strong!
Garry Kasparov 2017
