Pawn Structure Quotes

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

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

I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.

My forte was the middlegame. I had a good feeling for the critical moments of the play. This undoubtedly compensated for my lack of opening preparation and, possibly, not altogether perfect play in the endgame. In my games things often did not reach the endgame!

In chess there can never be a favorite move. I can probably pinpoint in a specific game, there might be a move that was like, "Oh, that was a good move." And maybe certain moves turned the whole game around, but there's not one special move that does that, unless it's checkmate because that's when the game is over.

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

Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.

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

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles

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

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.

Chess is so deep, I simply feel lost.

Most beginners who have learned the point system will only consider a sacrifice if it leads directly to checkmate or if the material can be won back by force. A Grandmaster, though, will frequently sacrifice for less tangible compensation, such as a lead in development or a superior pawn structure.