UNITED PAWS

Pawns of the same colour that are on adjoining files and are able to support and guard each other.

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
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively. Mark Dvoretsky
Man has no chance to win against the modern computer. And, by and large, a confrontation between two individuals is more interesting. Vladimir Kramnik
2015
School is a waste of time for me. I want to be world chess champion, and they can’t teach me anything there. Robert Fischer
1961
In the 70s Karpov was a darling of the Politburo or the political elite. So Kramnik is now. Just like the old days. But at least Karpov, unlike him, played in and won qualifying matches. Veselin Topalov

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