Pawns Quotes

141 Pawns quotes by 106 unique authors

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
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
It so often happens that, after sacrificing a pawn, a player aims not to obtain the initiative for it, but to regain sacrificed material. — Efim Geller
What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties:… — Samuel Reshevsky

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