A fairy piece introduced by T. R. Dawson which moves like a bishop and lands on any square that is directly in its path. The vao can move without capturing, when it moves like an orthodox bishop.
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Quotes of the Day
School is a waste of time for me. I want to be world chess champion, and they can’t teach me anything there.
Robert Fischer 1961
Maybe I had something of Capablanca. Why should I prepare when I have ideas?
Svetozar Gligoric 1989 NIC
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere.
David Bronstein
When I am White I win because I am White. When I am Black I win because I am Bogoljubov.
Efim Bogoljubov
I thank the Lord for not pairing me with Black against Magnus Carlsen in the first round.
Nigel Short 2017