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dmxn2k
Well, I finally made it through all 134 pages of comments, nearly 3000 of them! Sorry about making so many comments myself (mostly replies to really old ones) but this was a really interesting thread.
I'm impressed by your ability to stick with it. Kudos.
jivvi
no, theyre the equivalent of sprinters. they only move straight.
Just stumbled across this, I wasn't even looking for it lol. Apparently they're called "топ" in Bulgarian, and "top" in Croatian, both of which mean cannon. It's nowhere near as common as I thought though.
dragonair234
Thanks for reading it :) And nice checkmate in your profile pic
Thanks for starting a thread that got so many interesting responses, and thanks, I like it too. :-)
EDB123
wait, dragonair started this thread? i've been on here so long i forgot that.
kiwi
I knew this forum thread existed and even I forgot who the OP was
lol, ikr.
Like many threads, this thread doesn't serve it's original purpose anymore does it? Humans! tut lol
no, it is just a fun place to do random stuff. did you see the chess ice cream flavours?
brumtown
Non-chess player: hey! Nice horse. Can I ride it?
Chess player: sure. But you'll be the one who looks silly, not me.
did you look at the last post?
No... but you're right, I missed out ><
Nope
;)/
no, we can start again. i tried like 100 posts after.
Chess Ice creams? lol
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/favourite-quotes
winerkleiner
I noticed you didn't quote any of my comments, lol.
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