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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.
Oct 1, 2025
Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.
I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.
Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns
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.
White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.
I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.
A knight ending is really a pawn ending.
The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly.
An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard.
No pawn exchanges, no file-opening, no attack.
A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.
The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard
Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf
It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.
Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
I failed to make the chess team because of my height.
The Pawns are the soul of the game
He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.
[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.
Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game
The rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature.
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.
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
A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.
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.
The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient
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.
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?
In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.
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
The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.
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