Characteristics Quote by Aron Nimzowitsch

The King plays a most important part in the endgame, and gains in power and activity as the number of pieces on the board…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

“As I read it I was thinking of the phenomenon of endgame. Although the concept can apply to many games, it is most common…

— Jeffery Deaver

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

If you study the classic examples of endgame play you will see how the king was brought up as soon as possible even though…

— Alexander Kotov

“That is the queen—the most powerful piece on the board. She can move in any direction, and go as far as she wishes.” There…

— Lisa Kleypas

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one…

— Howard Staunton

The business of the endgame is maneuvring to control critical squares, advancing or blockading passed pawns, preparing a breakthrough by the king, or exploiting…

— Pal Benko

A good king knows when to save his strength and when to destroy his enemies.

— Anonymous

It is a well known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the…

— Aron Nimzowitsch

Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game

— Wilhelm Steinitz