The ancestror of the king. A piece used in Shatranj which moved like the king today.
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Quotes of the Day
I think the players in this world championship are in different leagues. Karjakin is excellent—Carlsen is special.
Garry Kasparov 2016
I understood that through chess I could express myself and chess became my natural language.
Boris Spassky 1995
In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within yourself a large number of qualities, the qualities of an artistic creator, a calculating practitioner, a cold calm competitor.
Alexander Kotov
When I play well, I don’t win!
Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2017
I don’t believe that Garry likes making decisions by democratic procedures. When there is a decision that he doesn’t like, he just turns against this organization.
Georgios Makropoulos 2013
