HANGING PAWNS

Steinitz’s term for two adjacent Pawns which are on the fourth rank, cannot be supported by other Pawns, are not passed Pawns, and which are on half-open files. About hanging Pawns in end-game Euwe said: hanging Pawns are nearly always weak.

When I see the Berlin defence, I am almost happy that I am not longer a top player! Nigel Short
2016
I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of Chess Siegbert Tarrasch
When Korchnoi was living in the USSR I called him ‘hero of socialist labour’; when he moved to the West I renamed him ‘hero of capitalist labour’! Boris Spassky
Who was the greatest chess player? If chess is an art, Alekhine. If chess is a science, Capablanca. If chess is a struggle, Lasker. Saviely Tartakower
My relation with Korchnoi depends on whether he has slept well. If he had bad dreams, he speaks a lot of rubbish. Anatoly Karpov
2005

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