Advancing Quote by David Bronstein

I can think of matches I played where I played one or two points perfectly, and that gave me a thrill.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns

— Siegbert Tarrasch

A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

My whole life I played the point, so naturally I think as a point. Two guard, I get to score more... During the game,…

— Jamal Murray

Two points doesn't seem like a lot, but there's only 2 points that separate the best from the worst sometimes.

— Brad Stevens

Some weeks I play well and beat a bunch of players and do super-well in tournaments.

— Bernard Tomic

Somewhere in your house is a game that could use a good beating. Pick it up. Play to the end. Get all the achievements/trophies…

— Rob Manuel

Every opponent is a new opponent. Trust me, they don't give a crap how many matches I have won.

— Johanna Konta

Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose…

— Howard Staunton

It is discouraging a little bit to look up at the board and see that we're about 30 points behind our points goal for…

— Scott Moir

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

This sacrifice of a pawn nowadays is only played for drawing purposes. Especially against the very strongest masters it has proved to be quite…

— Jan Hein Donner