Endgame Quotes

48 quotes by 32 authors

I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex game I have with one… — Steve Carell
In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves,… — Jose Raul Capablanca
The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very… — Jose Raul Capablanca
To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame. — Jose Raul Capablanca
The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of… — Jose Raul Capablanca
To my way of thinking, Troitzky has no peer among endgame compsers; no one else has composed so many and such varied endings of the… — Jose Raul Capablanca
You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not lack of deciciveness… — Alexander Kotov
Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play… — Bobby Fischer
The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening,… — Michael Stean
Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game — Siegbert Tarrasch
You cannot live your life in the elitist world of fashion and not step out or you're disconnected. You have to realize that fashion is… — Andre Leon Talley
In the endgame, an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance. — Paul Keres
I always urge players to study composed problems and endgames. — Pal Benko
Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player. In the endgame, the most common errors, besides those resulting from ignorance of theory, are… — Pal Benko
Once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived... The amount of points that can be gained (and saved) by correct endgame… — Edmar Mednis
I had a slightly inferior endgame that probably should have been drawn, but Kortchnoi kept torturing me with little threats until finally, exhausted and exasperated,… — Pal Benko
The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is a mere 'super',… — Aron Nimzowitsch
I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middlegame. — Dawid Janowski
A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a… — Paul Keres
If you are weak in the endgame, you must spend more time analysing studies; in your training games you must aim at transposing to endgames,… — Mikhail Botvinnik

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