Pawns Quotes

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

We are either kings or pawns of men

Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard

Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf

In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.

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

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

I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger

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

Often we take personally the slings and arrows of our 'abusers'. But frequently we are merely the interchangeable pawns of their own neurotic dramas. Anyone else in your position would have received the same treatment. There is nothing especially noxious or negatively noteworthy about you.

You have to create your own stuff. It's really exciting to create something, sell it, and feel like I'm not just a pawn waiting to be cast

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

Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so.

An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard.

In the middlegame one should not hesitate to advance a central passed pawn.

Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.

Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?

The pawn is the soul of chess.

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

It isn't myself that's important in this transaction apparently; the individual doesn't count much in the situation...all of us are more or less pawns. We're moved about like chessmen by circumstances over which we have no control.

White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.

Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.

A knight ending is really a pawn ending.

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