Adverse Quote by Wilhelm Steinitz

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

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

In the end, the king and the pawn goes into the same box.

— Anonymous

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

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

— Mark Dvoretsky

The business of the endgame is maneuvring to control critical squares, advancing or blockading passed pawns, preparing a breakthrough by the king, or exploiting…

— Pal Benko

To capture the pawn, threaten the queen.

— Robert Charles Wilson

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

“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 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

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