By far the most famous one, by Philidor. I insist one of these 2 should be on this group's public profile.
The Pawns are the soul of the game. (Francois Andre Danican Philidor)
Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone form the attack and defense. (Philidor)
Others...
The older I grow, the more I value Pawns. (Keres)
I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger. (Reuben Fine)
Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf. (Cecil Purdy)
He who fears an isolated Queen'sPawn should give up Chess. (Siegbert Tarrasch)
The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard. (Aaron Nimzovich)
The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient. (Aaron Nimzovich)
A passed Pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. (Capablanca)
Every Pawn is a potential Queen. (James Mason)
You are for me the Queen on d8 and I am the Pawn on d7!! (GM Eduard Gufeld)
When your house is on fire, you can't 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. (Gary Kasparov)
Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns. (Siegbert Tarrasch)
He who takes the Queen's Knight's Pawn will sleep in the streets. (Anonymous)
In a gambit you give up a Pawnfor the sake of getting a lost game. (Samuel Standige Boden)
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. (Michael Stean)
Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game. (Nigel Short)
In life, as in Chess, one's own Pawns block one's way. A man's very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him� (Charles Buxton)
When the Chess game is over, the Pawn and the King go back to the same box. (Irish saying)
By far the most famous one, by Philidor. I insist one of these 2 should be on this group's public profile.
The Pawns are the soul of the game.
(Francois Andre Danican Philidor)
Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone form the attack and defense.
(Philidor)
Others...
The older I grow, the more I value Pawns.
(Keres)
I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger.
(Reuben Fine)
Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf.
(Cecil Purdy)
He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.
(Siegbert Tarrasch)
The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard.
(Aaron Nimzovich)
The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient.
(Aaron Nimzovich)
A passed Pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. (Capablanca)
Every Pawn is a potential Queen.
(James Mason)
You are for me the Queen on d8 and I am the Pawn on d7!!
(GM Eduard Gufeld)
When your house is on fire, you can't 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.
(Gary Kasparov)
Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must
be occupied by pieces not Pawns.
(Siegbert Tarrasch)
He who takes the Queen's Knight's Pawn will sleep in the streets.
(Anonymous)
In a gambit you give up a Pawnfor the sake of getting a lost game.
(Samuel Standige Boden)
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.
(Michael Stean)
Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like
Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game.
(Nigel Short)
In life, as in Chess, one's own Pawns block one's way. A man's
very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help
him to win, more often checkmate him�
(Charles Buxton)
When the Chess game is over, the Pawn and
the King go back to the same box.
(Irish saying)
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