What is your favourite chess piece?

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What is your favourite chess piece?

King
7
21%
Queen
8
24%
Rook
3
9%
Bishop
3
9%
Knight
5
15%
What is chess?
7
21%
 
Total votes: 33

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hgm
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Re: What is your favourite chess piece?

Post by hgm »

My favorite piece is not amongst the options, so I cannot vote. It is the Archbishop, wich moves like a Bishop or Knight. It is a wonderfully elegant piece, because the moves of B and N complement each other very well. As a result it is nearly as powerful as a Queen.

Too bad about the name, though. It should really have been called 'Dancer', as this is the distinct impression it leaves when you see an engine use it in bitz games.
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Re: What is your favourite chess piece?

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Christopher Conkie wrote:
Steve B wrote:
AdminX wrote:What is your favourite chess piece?

The one the that wins! :lol:
that was a famous quote
i think the exact quote was.."the piece that delivers mate"

dont recall who said it though

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Steve
http://www.chess.com/survey/which-is-yo ... hess-piece

I'm wondering if Ted has ever made a poll in that place before.

(Look at the ones in the top right of that page)

Getting younger regards

Chris
Nope, not a site I visit. :roll:
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Re: What is your favourite chess piece?

Post by Christopher Conkie »

AdminX wrote:
Christopher Conkie wrote:
Steve B wrote:
AdminX wrote:What is your favourite chess piece?

The one the that wins! :lol:
that was a famous quote
i think the exact quote was.."the piece that delivers mate"

dont recall who said it though

thinking regards
Steve
http://www.chess.com/survey/which-is-yo ... hess-piece

I'm wondering if Ted has ever made a poll in that place before.

(Look at the ones in the top right of that page)

Getting younger regards

Chris
Nope, not a site I visit. :roll:
Oh come on Ted.....

Are you sure this is not you?

http://www.chess.com/survey/when-you-lo ... ason-to-be

:lol:

http://www.chess.com/survey/do-you-list ... play-chess

There is a certain similarity...... :)

http://www.chess.com/survey/who-do-you- ... ss-against

I promise I won't tell. It will be our secret.

:)

Chris
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Re: What is your favourite chess piece?

Post by Ryan Benitez »

I voted king. I have never won without one.
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Re: What is your favourite chess piece?

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S.Taylor wrote:I fell in love with the black queen.
http://www.chess.com/survey/you-and-a-f ... t-with-you

Or a black queen maybe.....

:)
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Re: What is your favourite chess piece?

Post by Nimzovik »

The mule. Hey Nimzo is my chess icon!
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Re: What is your favourite chess piece?

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Christopher Conkie wrote:We need statistics on this important topic......
The King of course! It represents the player!
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Re: What is your favourite chess piece?

Post by hgm »

Ryan Benitez wrote:I voted king. I have never won without one.
Actually, accordng to FIDE rules, you cannot lose without one! Without king, you cannot be mated, and the worst that can happen to you is that you lose all your pieces, after which it s stalemate. :lol:

A Commoner (a piece that moves like a King, but is not royal, and can be sacrificed like any other piece) is also a very nbeutiful piece, especially in the end-game. In fact many end-games of King+Commoner vs King+Commoner are not drawn (as you mght expect), but won one way or the other, through extermely intricate manouevring.
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Re: What is your favourite chess piece?

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I have a preference for my opponent's king.
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Re: What is your favourite chess piece?

Post by Hornet »

I have a preference for bishop.