Rooks Quotes

9 quotes by 8 authors

• Knights are cavalry, bishops are archers, rooks are cannons and queens are wizards. — Jacob Aagaard
• 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
• It feels a little silly to annotate a game in which I didn't make a single move on my own, just following my preparation all… — Jan Gustafsson
• The retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissable only in exceptional… — Alexander Alekhine
• If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the board, rooks will… — Irving Chernev
• 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
• The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game she is hardly… — Howard Staunton
• February. Get ink, shed tears. Write of it, sob your heart out, sing, While torrential slush that roars Burns in the blackness of the spring.… — Boris Pasternak
• WEATHERS This is the weather the cuckoo likes, And so do I; When showers betumble the chestnut spikes, And nestlings fly; And the little brown… — Thomas Hardy

Who Wrote These Rooks Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 9 Rooks Quotes as follows:

• 2 Rooks Quotes by Howard Staunton
• 1 Rooks Quote by Jacob Aagaard
• 1 Rooks Quote by Oscar Panno
• 1 Rooks Quote by Jan Gustafsson
• 1 Rooks Quote by Alexander Alekhine
• 1 Rooks Quote by Irving Chernev
• 1 Rooks Quote by Boris Pasternak
• 1 Rooks Quote by Thomas Hardy