Pawn Quotes

100 Pawn quotes by 78 unique authors

The pawn is the soul of chess. — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess. — Adrian Rogers
It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king. — Siegbert Tarrasch
When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings.… — Garry Kasparov
A knight ending is really a pawn ending. — Mikhail Botvinnik
In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support to the advance… — Siegbert Tarrasch
A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending! — Bent Larsen
Now I have the pawn and the compensation. — Unknown Author
As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot… — Bobby Fischer
You can only win the game when you understand that it is a game. Let a man play chess, and tell him that every pawn… — Mark Lawrence
You have to create your own stuff. It's really exciting to create something, sell it, and feel like I'm not just a pawn waiting to… — Anna Faris
No pawn exchanges, no file-opening, no attack. — Aron Nimzowitsch
Once upon a time supporters of the Steinitz-Tarrasch school had a very high opinion of a queen-side pawn majority. Modern strategy on the other hand… — Alexander Kotov
A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune. — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in… — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
It is annoying that the rules of chess do not allow a pawn to take either horizontally or backwards, but only forwards ... This psychological… — David Bronstein
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively. — Mark Dvoretsky
The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn. — Richard Reti
White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn. — Siegbert Tarrasch
The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game. — Wilhelm Steinitz
There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than lively piece play,… — David Bronstein
In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge. — Bob Dylan
By what right does White, in an absolutely even position, such as after move one, when both sides have advanced 1. e4, sacrifice a pawn,… — Emanuel Lasker
This sacrifice of a pawn nowadays is only played for drawing purposes. Especially against the very strongest masters it has proved to be quite useful… — Jan Hein Donner
I will not hide the fact that I love to hear the spectators react after a sacrifice of a piece or pawn. I don't think… — Mikhail Tal

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