Pawns Quotes

141 Pawns quotes by 106 unique authors

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
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

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