Chess Quote by Samuel Reshevsky Download Open image “The only good Rook is a working Rook!” — Samuel Reshevsky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Funny Inspirational Love
Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings. — Paul Keres Copy Share Image
I have also heard that GM Oscar Panno said that -whenever you have to make a rook move and both rooks are available for… — Oscar Panno Copy Share Image
Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so. — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two… — Howard Staunton 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
“The rook is my favorite piece.’ she said. ‘It’s the one you think you don’t have to watch out for. It is straightforward. You… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
The preparation for active rook play entails what is called the opening of lines, which largely depends on pawn play, especially on the proper… — Hans Kmoch Copy Share Image
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
If your opponent has an exposed king it is frequently worth sacrificing a pawn to be able to bring your rooks into the game,… — Neil McDonald Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics. — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
Tartakower once wrote that after planting a Knight in the center you can go to sleep. This is not to be taken literally, of… — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
We often hear the terms 'positional' and 'tactical' used as opposites. But this is as wrong as to consider a painting's composition unrelated to… — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several… — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
By playing slowly during the early phases of a game I am able to grasp the basic requirements of each position. Then, despite being… — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization. — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience. — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
The knight is renowned for, among other things, its suitability as a blockader ... Because its strength lies in short-range operations it is not… — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame. — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating. — Samuel Reshevsky 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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