Pawns Quotes
141 Pawns quotes by 106 unique authors
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The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard
— Aron Nimzowitsch
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Pawns are born free, yet they are everywhere in chains
— Rick Kennedy
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Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns
— Siegbert Tarrasch
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Whatever the source of the leader's ideas, he cannot inspire his people unless he expresses vivid goals which in some sense they want. Of course,…
— David McClelland
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Look, it also attempts to poison our children, divide them from their parents and the teaching of the church and basically turn them into pawns…
— E.W. Jackson
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Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will…
— Roddy McDowall
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In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.
— Wilhelm Steinitz
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Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
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Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
— Anatoly Karpov
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An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard.
— Savielly Tartakower
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It isn't myself that's important in this transaction apparently; the individual doesn't count much in the situation...all of us are more or less pawns. We're…
— Theodore Dreiser
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Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you. Football is the…
— Junior Seau
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The being we call god is merely a pawn working for a powerful and rational force in some far-off galaxy. This force is trying to…
— Unknown Author
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Incredibly, while these 18 to 20 year-olds cannot legally buy a beer, cannot purchase a bottle of wine and cannot order a drink in a…
— Al Gore
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The Pawn move is a capital investment. Every one of the forty-eight should, from the beginning, be spent as if it were one of the…
— William Ewart Napier
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The preparation for active rook play entails what is called the opening of lines, which largely depends on pawn play, especially on the proper use…
— Hans Kmoch
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Ultimately, of course, you must decide for yourself whether the subjective psychological effects created by your evolved cognitive biases reflect an objective reality, perhaps as…
— Jesse Bering
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The pawn is the soul of chess.
— Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
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Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.
— Adrian Rogers
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It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
Who Wrote These Pawns Quotes
106 authors contributed a total of 141 Pawns Quotes, led by these top contributors: