Chess Quote by Gary A Shoop

Pawns are really queens in disguise.

— Lisa Mangum

The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game she is…

— Howard Staunton

“Feronia played at politics the way she played chess--shrewdly, always thinking about her next move. In this game, Feronia was queen, and Byrony a…

— Kaye Thornbrugh

To capture the pawn, threaten the queen.

— Robert Charles Wilson

The pawn is the soul of chess.

— Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

“Even a pawn can take down a queen.”

— Chanda Hahn

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess

— Siegbert Tarrasch

“Never despise a pawn. If it succeeds in crossing the board safely, it becomes a queen - the most powerful piece in the game.”

— Ellen Renner

“But a pawn could become a queen if she reached the end and came back again.”

— Kim Harrison

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