Rook Quotes
15 quotes by 11 authors
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Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so…
— Jose Raul Capablanca
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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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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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Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings.
— Paul Keres
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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
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I have also heard that GM Oscar Panno said that -whenever you have to make a rook move and both rooks are available for said…
— Oscar Panno
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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
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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
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The only good Rook is a working Rook!
— Samuel Reshevsky
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A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks…
— Howard Staunton
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In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the…
— Howard Staunton
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The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces.
— Howard Staunton
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You been raggedy since lil kim first came out..Its queen bitch, not rook not bishop but QUEEN BITCHES....
— Katt Williams
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You been raggedy since lil kim fitst came out...its queen bitch not rook not bishop not pawn but queen bitch
— Katt Williams
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I only know that a rook Ordering its black feathers can so shine As to seize me senses, haul My eyelids up, and grant A…
— Sylvia Plath
Who Wrote These Rook Quotes
11 authors contributed a total of 15 Rook Quotes as follows: