The ancestror of the king. A piece used in Shatranj which moved like the king today.
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Quotes of the Day
When Korchnoi was living in the USSR I called him ‘hero of socialist labour’; when he moved to the West I renamed him ‘hero of capitalist labour’!
Boris Spassky
I believe that every world champion has a greatness of his own.
Kiril Georgiev 2017
Looks like I’m going to raise the average age of the field and lower the average rating!
Garry Kasparov 2017
Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer style.
Garry Kasparov 2017
” Kasparov was like Samson, but his hair has been shorn (2000).”
Nathan Divinsky
