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- Knights are cavalry, bishops are archers, rooks are cannons and queens are wizards. — Unknown Author
- I have also heard that GM Oscar Panno said that -whenever you have to make a rook move and both rooks are… — Unknown Author
- It feels a little silly to annotate a game in which I didn't make a single move on my own, just following… — Unknown Author
- The retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissable… — Alexander Alekhine
- If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the… — Irving Chernev
- A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two… — Howard Staunton
- The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game… — Howard Staunton
- February. Get ink, shed tears. Write of it, sob your heart out, sing, While torrential slush that roars Burns in the blackness… — Boris Pasternak
- WEATHERS This is the weather the cuckoo likes, And so do I; When showers betumble the chestnut spikes, And nestlings fly; And… — Thomas Hardy