"Pawns are the soul of chess" - Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
"Win with grace, lose with dignity" - Susan Polgar
Hans Kmoch's words on Edgard Colle - " I knew him for exactly seven years. I made his acquaintance at Baden-Baden 1925. From then on we met at countless tournaments and my admiration for him increased more and more. During these numerous tourneys I saw, heard and experienced a great deal. When it is a question of struggling for money and fame, for honor and achievement, the best of men often give way and follow the instinct for self-preservation. That is natural and not ugly. But this was never true of Colle: it was impossible for him. For his courtesy, his kindness, his chivalrous unselfishness-these qualities were not acquired, they were innate. In victory and in defeat he remained a cavalier."
“The defensive power of a pinned piece is only imaginary” - Aaron Nimzovich
"Checkers is for tramps." - Paul Morphy
"Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but thatis the fault of life, not chess." - Irving Chernev
“When the Chess game is over, the Pawn and the King go back to the same box” - Irish saying
"I offer God odds of pawn and move." - Wilhelm Steinitz
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