Pawns Quotes

141 Pawns quotes by 106 unique authors

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
In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns. — Wilhelm Steinitz
Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so. — Siegbert Tarrasch
Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position — Anatoly Karpov
An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard. — Savielly Tartakower
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The business of the endgame is maneuvring to control critical squares, advancing or blockading passed pawns, preparing a breakthrough by the king, or exploiting the… — Pal Benko
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
And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they were all isolated. — Hans Kmoch
Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown us the earthly… — Pope John Paul II
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
The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly. — Boris Spassky

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