Chess Quote by Siegbert Tarrasch

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

— Wilhelm Steinitz

As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.

— Mark Dvoretsky

The King plays a most important part in the endgame, and gains in power and activity as the number of pieces on the board…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

A knight ending is really a pawn ending.

— Mikhail Botvinnik

“Pawns are such fascinating pieces, too...So small, almost insignificant, and yet--they can depose kings. Don't you find that interesting?”

— Lavie Tidhar

The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

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

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

— Wilhelm Steinitz

“In chess, without the king, the other pieces would all be "dead", so their existance is supported by the king, but they need to…

— Roumen Bezergianov

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

The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is a mere…

— Aron Nimzowitsch

“As I read it I was thinking of the phenomenon of endgame. Although the concept can apply to many games, it is most common…

— Jeffery Deaver