First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed.… — Roddy McDowall Copy Share Image
The business of the endgame is maneuvring to control critical squares, advancing or blockading passed pawns, preparing a breakthrough by the king,… — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
There is a family of us who have this yearning for a kind of excellence that we can manifest every day of… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you.… — Junior Seau Copy Share Image
When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise.… — Howard Staunton Copy Share Image
The placing of the center pawns determines the 'topography' of a game of chess. — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
It so often happens that, after sacrificing a pawn, a player aims not to obtain the initiative for it, but to regain… — Efim Geller Copy Share Image
In the middlegame one should not hesitate to advance a central passed pawn. — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people, they're drinking, thinking that they got it made. Exchanging all kinds of precious… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility… — Louie Anderson Copy Share Image
The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
Unchecked pride evolves into swagger, a hypnotizing mask of insecurity that can and does compromise our ability to make progress and attain… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of… — Michael Stean Copy Share Image
If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the… — Irving Chernev Copy Share Image
You of all beings know how fate works. What happened to you as a human happened because everyone from your parents on… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
It is annoying that the rules of chess do not allow a pawn to take either horizontally or backwards, but only forwards… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for… — Howard Staunton Copy Share Image
This I think I have learned: where there is love, the form does not matter, and the gods are pleased. This I… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending! — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
