Chess Quote by Cecil Purdy Download Open image “Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf” — Cecil Purdy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Chess pawns Golf Inspirational Pawns
Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively. — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
There are fixed rules in chess, and no one knows how the game will end. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support to the… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so. — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Putting is a fascinating, aggravating, wonderful, terrible and almost incomprehensible part of the game of golf. — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
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… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
When I am trying to understand the method of winning in the endgame with two bishops against the knight, chess is a science, when… — Ashot Nadanian Copy Share Image
It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king. — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I maintain that in every position that arises, we should deliberately search, among other things, for pieces which have no retreat. If we see… — Cecil Purdy Copy Share Image
I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Real chessplayers think about chess more or less 24 hours a day. It is a passion and a fate that one has to live… — Simen Agdestein Copy Share Image
It's interesting that the greatest minds of computer science, the founding fathers, like Alan Turing and Claude Shannon and Norbert Wiener, they all looked… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings,… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
The election of Trump threw the chess board up. The pieces are all over the place. That's upsetting to a lot of people, but… — Dave Rubin Copy Share Image
Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan. — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
“the shadows. “Why do you think they invented chess?” “He’s got you there,” said the captain, following Fletcher. Jake jogged slightly to catch up… — Russell Blake Copy Share Image
[Photographer Julian Wasser] had this great idea that I should play chess naked with Marcel Duchamp and it seem to be such a great… — Eve Babitz Copy Share Image
I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
My parents were very supportive of my chess. When I got home after a game of chess, having missed school or something, they always… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
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