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“Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game”

Ends Games Forget Too Much Modern Concerned Structure Chess Forget It Pawns Chess Game Checkmate Chess Pawns

Author:Nigel Short

“The rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature.”

Law Universe Games Chess Laws Of Nature Chess Game Rules Of The Game Checkmate Chess Pieces Chess Pawns Expanding Universe Mysterious Universe

Author:Thomas Huxley

“The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.”

“[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.”

People Life Believe Stupid Foolish Chess Clever Idle Playing Games Chess Game Very Clever Chess Pawns

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.”

Firsts Teach Chess Objectives Objectivity Chess Pawns

Author:Alexander Alekhine

“I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.”

Said I Can Ends Would Be Games Pieces Chess Captured Pawns Chess Game Chess Pieces Chess Pawns

Author:Paolo Bacigalupi

“I failed to make the chess team because of my height.”

Funny Comedy Team Humour Chess Height Funny Inspirational Chess Game Playing Chess Chess Pawns

Author:Woody Allen

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

Numbers Pieces Increase Chess Boards Diminish Pawns Endgame World Champions Chess Pieces Chess Pawns

Book:Chess Fundamentals

Source: Chess Fundamentals

“The Pawns are the soul of the game”

Soul Games Chess Pawns Chess Game Chess Pieces Chess Pawns

Author:Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

“The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening, Middlegame and especially Endgame. The primary constraint on a piece's activity is the Pawn structure”

Important Games Pieces Position Activity Fundamentals Structure Chess Opening Primaries Features Phases Constraints Pawns Chess Game Endgame Chess Pieces Chess Pawns

Book:Simple Chess: New Algebraic Edition

Source: Simple Chess: New Algebraic Edition

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

Giving Should Giving Up Chess Queens Isolated Pawns Chess Game Chess Pawns

Author:Siegbert Tarrasch

“The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient”

Should Keys Police Metaphor Criminals Chess Sufficient Locks Tactics Surveillance Pawns Endgame Board Games Lock And Key Chess Pawns

Author:Aron Nimzowitsch

“When your house is on fire, you cant be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in Chess, if your King is under attack you don't worry about losing a Pawn on the Queen's side”

Ifs House Sides Worry Fire Kings Losing Neighbor Chess Queens Cant Bothered Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Garry Kasparov

“Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf”

Golf Chess Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Cecil Purdy

“The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard”

Casts Chess Isolated Gloom Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Aron Nimzowitsch

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

Pieces Position Weak Strategy Chess Holes Opponents Pawns Weak Points Chess Pieces Chess Pawns

Author:Siegbert Tarrasch

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

Powerful Pieces Kings Chess Stopping Adverse Pawns Assisting Chess Pawns

Author:Wilhelm Steinitz

“Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position”

Whole Position Painting Foundation Chess Soil Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Anatoly Karpov

“An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard.”

Spread Chess Isolated Gloom Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Savielly Tartakower

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

Important Roles Kings Chess Pawns Chess Pawns

Book:The Game of Chess

Source: The Game of Chess

“A knight ending is really a pawn ending.”

Chess Knights Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Mikhail Botvinnik

“The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly.”

Ability Situation Chess Pawns Mobility Chess Pawns

Author:Boris Spassky

“No pawn exchanges, no file-opening, no attack.”

Chess Opening Files Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Aron Nimzowitsch

“I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.”

Play Found Opportunity Chess Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Anatoly Karpov

“I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.”

Results Chess Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Anatoly Karpov

“A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.”

Fellows Fortune Chess Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

“It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in addition, to the opening of a file for the rook.”

Kings Chess Opening Centre Files Bishops Pawns Seizures Chess Pawns

Author:Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

“The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential strength lessens and during the endgame they turn out, as a rule, to be weak.”

Men Turns Weak Chess Target Convenient Shortcomings Pawns Endgame Chess Pawns

Author:Boris Spassky

“It is annoying that the rules of chess do not allow a pawn to take either horizontally or backwards, but only forwards ... This psychological tuning is ideal for attacking purposes, but what about for defence?”

Purpose Ideals Chess Psychological Annoying Backwards Attacking Defence Pawns Tuning Chess Pawns

Book:200 Open Games

Source: 200 Open Games

“White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.”

White Chess Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Siegbert Tarrasch

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

Games Kings Moved Chess Queens Pawns Chess Pawns

Author:Wilhelm Steinitz

“There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than lively piece play, but in our day the latter is more often preferred.”

Play Eye Pieces Chess Latter Lively Pawns Chess Pawns

Book:Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953

Source: Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953

“The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.”