The pawn sitting in front of one’s queen at the start of the game.
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Quotes of the Day
” (about Lasker) For me, this personality, notwithstanding his fundamentally optimistic attitude, had a tragic note. The enormous mental resilience, without which no chess player can exist, was so much taken up by chess that he could never free his mind of this game, even when he was occupied by philosophical and humanitarian questions.”
Albert Einstein
Karpov Lost, Kasparov Lost, the Only One Who Remained Is Me …
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2014
” Oh, those exclamation points! How they erode the innocent soul of the amateur, removing all hope of allowing him to examine another player’s ideas critically!”
Tigran Petrosian
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky
As chess players, Kasparov and Karpov have exhausted themselves, the people began to forget them and they are trying to attract attention with their inadequate statements.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2010
