The ancestror of the king. A piece used in Shatranj which moved like the king today.
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Quotes of the Day
It’s always more difficult to hold the title than to get it.
Vladimir Akopian 2012
Chess is my hobby. I have been playing chess since five years old. I like to play chess, to help chess, sponsoring chess, and attract my business friends to chess in order to develop and popularize chess. Everybody has a hobby. My hobby is chess, boxing and Buddhism.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2010
Kasparov’s book are the best, as far as high level analyses are concerned.
Jan Timman 1991 NIC
When I play well, I don’t win!
Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2017
When I am in the USSR, I have the feeling that every tram conductor plays chess better than I do.
Hans Ree
