Pawns Quotes

141 Pawns quotes by 106 unique authors

But the enemy has the move, and he is about to open his full game. And pawns are as likely to see as much of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
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
Pawns are really queens in disguise. — Lisa Mangum
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
Human beings are not on earth to be citizens, or taxpayers, or socially engineered pawns of other human beings; rather they are here in order… — Unknown Author
Unchecked pride evolves into swagger, a hypnotizing mask of insecurity that can and does compromise our ability to make progress and attain power. Pride stands… — Jason Whitlock
Two passed pawns advancing on the enemy pieces have brought me more than a dozen points in tournaments. — David Bronstein
No pawn exchanges, no file-opening, no attack. — Aron Nimzowitsch
The placing of the center pawns determines the 'topography' of a game of chess. — Alexander Kotov
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
I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play. — Anatoly Karpov
I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4. — Anatoly Karpov
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
The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential strength lessens and… — Boris Spassky
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
Throughout chess history, great debates have raged about the pros and cons of hanging pawns. The debates are nonsense; the answer is cut and dried.… — Yasser Seirawan
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
Touch the pawns before your king with only infinite delicacy. — Unknown Author
When we talk about 'reproductive rights' this is what we mean. It's the difference between people as objects, and people as agents: between regarding people… — Nafis Sadik
In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge. — Bob Dylan

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