A Quote by Mark Dvoretsky

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

Mark Dvoretsky

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Character Endings Forced Out Pawn Rule Worked

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Mark Dvoretsky
Russian - Writer
December 9, 1947 - September 26, 2016

Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf

Cecil Purdy

The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn.

Richard Reti

My family doesn't do happy endings. We do sad endings or frustrating endings or no endings at all. We are hardwired to expect the next interruption or disappearance or broken promise.

Hope Solo

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

Siegbert Tarrasch

What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded.

Samuel Reshevsky

When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method.

Garry Kasparov

As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.

Bobby Fischer

It's like a golden rule in the pawn business: never cash a government check.

Rick Harrison

When we're young, we like happy endings. When we're a little older, we think happy endings are unrealistic and so we prefer bad but credible endings. When we're older still, we realize happy endings aren't so bad after all.

Margaret Atwood

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

Wilhelm Steinitz

I'm not an endings person. I don't do endings. There may have been people in the band who wanted this to be an ending from time to time, but me and Amy don't really do endings. You cannot escape from us. Once we're friends with you, that's it.