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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… — Jose Raul Capablanca
• Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so. — Siegbert Tarrasch
• The preparation for active rook play entails what is called the opening of lines, which largely depends on pawn play, especially on… — Hans Kmoch
• Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings. — Paul Keres
• In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support… — Siegbert Tarrasch
• I have also heard that GM Oscar Panno said that -whenever you have to make a rook move and both rooks are… — Unknown Author
• As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally,… — Bobby Fischer
• It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the… — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
• The only good Rook is a working Rook! — Samuel Reshevsky
• A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two… — Howard Staunton
• In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King… — Howard Staunton
• The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces. — Howard Staunton

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