QUOTES BY TOPIC : PAWNS

CHESS QUOTES BY TOPIC
PAWNS

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Two passed pawns advancing on the enemy pieces have brought me more than a dozen points in tournaments. ---David Bronstein---

... les Pions. Il sont l’âme des Echecs ... ... the Pawns: They are the very Life of this Game. ---Francois-Andre Danican Philidor---

The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance are not sufficient. ---Aaron Nimzowitsch---

No pawn exchanges, no file-opening, no attack. ---Aaron Nimzowitsch---

The isolated pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard. ---Aaron Nimzowitsch---

The placing of the center pawns determines the 'topography' of a game of chess. ---Alexander Kotov---

Once upon a time supporters of the Steinitz-Tarrasch school had a very high opinion of a queen-side pawn majority. Modern strategy on the other hand categorically denies that such a majority is an independent factor of any importance. ---Alexander Kotov---

Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position. ---Anatoly Karpov---

I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play. --- Anatoly Karpov---

I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4. --- Anatoly Karpov---

A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune. --- Francois-Andre Danican Philidor---

It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in addition, to the opening of a file for the rook. --- Francois-Andre Danican Philidor---

Best by test (on 1. e4) ---Bobby Fischer---

The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential strength lessens and during the endgame they turn out, as a rule, to be weak. ---Boris Spassky---

The power of hanging pawns is based precisely in their mobility, in their ability to create acute situations instantly. ---Boris Spassky---

Any material change in a position must come about by mate, a capture, or a Pawn - promotion. ---Cecil Purdy---

Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf. --- Cecil Purdy---

It is annoying that the rules of chess do not allow a pawn to take either horizontally or backwards, but only forwards ... This psychological tuning is ideal for attacking purposes, but what about for defence? ---David Bronstein---

I have found that after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play. ---Garry Kasparov---

Two passed pawns on the sixth beat everything, up to a royal flush. ---Ian Rogers---

‘My ultimate fantasy,’ she says, eyes flashing, Russian accent on full, ‘is to play e4 and d4 equally well…to be a two-headed monster. That’s a dream with some soul in it.’ as quoted at Chessbase in 2005 ---Irina Krush---

Every pawn is a potential queen. ---James Mason---

A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. ---Jose Capablanca---

The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game. ---Jose Capablanca---

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

The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening, Middlegame and especially Endgame. The primary constraint on a piece's activity is the pawn structure. ---Michael Stean---

The pawn move is a capital investment. Every one of the forty-eight should, from the beginning, be spent as if it were one of the last forty-eight apprehensive and responsible dollars between yourself and starvation. ---William Ewart Napier---

The older I grow, the more I value pawns. ---Paul Keres---

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

I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger. ---Rueben Fine---

He who fears the isolated queen's pawn should give up chess. ---Siegbert Tarrasch---

White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn. ---Siegbert Tarrasch---

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

Throughout chess history, great debates have raged about the pros and cons of hanging pawns. The debates are nonsense; the answer is cut and dried. If the pawns can be attacked and forced to move forward, they are weak. If they can be defended and remain where they are, they are strong. ---Yasser Seirawan---

There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than lively piece play, but in our day the latter is more often preferred. ---David Bronstein---

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KUTIPAN BERDASARKAN TOPIK : REMAJA

 KUTIPAN CATUR BERDASARKAN TOPIK
REMAJA

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Ini sangat penting untuk tidak memberikan tekanan pada anak. Pastikan bahwa dia merasa bahwa apapun yang terjadi itu bukan akhir dari dunia. Jika mereka menangis setelah kehilangan itu normal, sebagaimana orang dewasa juga benci untuk kalah. Jika mereka memenangkan permainan, Anda harus membuat mereka merasa sangat bangga tapi pastikan mereka tahu pertandingan berikutnya akan menjadi tantangan lain. ---Judit Polgar---

Ketika Anda baik pada sesuatu, Anda harus terus melakukannya. Terlalu banyak pemain telah berhenti di usia yang relatif muda ... ---Jan Timman---

Catur adalah, pada dasarnya, permainan untuk anak-anak. Komputer telah memperburuk kecenderungan terhadap remaja karena mereka sekarang memiliki alat yang sangat kuat yang mereka miliki dan dapat menyerap sejumlah besar informasi yang sangat cepat. ---Nigel Short---

Saya tidak tahu apakah orang tahu ini tapi aku cukup baik di catur. Saya selalu di tim catur di sekolah ketika saya masih muda. ---Justin Bieber---

Hilangnya masa kecil saya adalah harga untuk menjadi juara dunia termuda dalam sejarah. Bila Anda harus berjuang setiap hari dari usia muda, jiwa Anda dapat terkontaminasi. Saya kehilangan masa kecil saya. Saya tidak pernah benar-benar memiliki itu. Saya harus berhati-hati agar tidak menjadi kejam, karena saya menjadi tentara terlalu dini. ---Garry Kasparov---

Ejekan bisa berbuat banyak, karena menyakitkan hati misalnya keberadaan talenta muda. ---Aaron Nimzowitsch---

Pemain muda mengekspos diri mereka untuk risiko serius ketika mereka secara membabi buta meniru inovasi dari master tanpa dirinya sendiri terlebih dahulu memeriksa semua detail dan konsekuensi dari inovasi ini. ---Alexander Alekhine---

Ini adalah menyenangkan untuk menonton pemain catur muda dan berbakat. Baginya telah datang tanpa pengalaman menyeramkan, dia pembentukan selanjutnya adalah asing.Dikarenakan ia mencintai serangan dan pengorbanan yang berani, karena padanya terletak jalan terpendek untuk tujuan utamanya. ---Richard Reti---

Pemain muda menghitung segala sesuatu, sebuah persyaratan kekurangan pengalaman secara relatif pada mereka.  ---Samuel Reshevsky---

Hari ini ... banyak pemain, terutama yang masih muda, berpikir bahwa bukaan yang lebih tua begitu mendalam dianalisis, bahwa tidak ada lagi yang bisa dicoba. Ini adalah kesalahan serius. Metode bermain posisional menjadi lebih dalam dan lebih halus setiap tahun. Menjadi akrab dengan mereka mungkin bahkan di bukaan yang tampaknya sepenuhnya dieksplorasi untuk menemukan cara untuk membuat pertarungan sungguhan. ---Tigran Petrosian---

Sangat mudah untuk bermain melawan pemain muda, bagi saya mereka seperti sebuah buku yang terbuka. ---Tigran Petrosian---

Saya akan ingin menekankan kepada orang-orang muda (dimana yang tua adalah orang-orang pakar, atau sudah meninggal) bahwa catur tidak perlu diamankan keluar dari hafalan Opening ke Endgame ilmiah (middlegame dibunuh). Catur dapat selalu hidup dan bermanfaat! ---Tony Santasiere---

Saat ini, ketika Anda tidak grandmaster pada usia 14, Anda bisa melupakannya. --- Viswanathan Anand---

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QUOTES BY TOPIC : YOUNGSTERS

CHESS QUOTES BY TOPIC
YOUNGSTERS

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It’s very important not to put pressure on a child. Make sure that she/he feels that whatever happens it’s not the end of the world. If they cry after a loss that’s normal, as adults also hate to lose. If they win a game you should make them feel very proud but make sure they know the next game will be another challenge. ---Judit Polgar---

When you're good at something, you should continue to do it. Too many players have stopped at a relatively young age ... ---Jan Timman---

Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at their disposal and can absorb vast amounts of information extremely quickly. ---Nigel Short---

I don't know if people know this but I am pretty good at chess. I was always on the chess team at school when I was younger. ---Justin Bieber---

The loss of my childhood was the price for becoming the youngest world champion in history. When you have to fight every day from a young age, your soul can be contaminated. I lost my childhood. I never really had it. I have to be careful not to become cruel, because I became a soldier too early. ---Garry Kasparov---

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents. ---Aaron Nimzowitsch---

Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of these innovations. ---Alexander Alekhine---

It is a delight to watch a young and gifted chess player. To him have come no sinister experiences; to him continual carping care is foreign. Therefore he loves the attack and the bold sacrifice; for theirin lies the shortest way to his ultimate objective. ---Richard Reti---

Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience.  ---Samuel Reshevsky---

… Today many players, especially young ones, think that the older openings are so thoroughly analysed that nothing more can be tried. This is a serious mistake. The methods of positional play become deeper and finer each year. Being well acquainted with them it is possible even in openings which seem to be fully explored to find ways to create a real fight. ---Tigran Petrosian---

It is easy to play against the young players, for me they are like an open book. ---Tigran Petrosian---

I would wish to stress to young people ( the old are either saints, or already dead ) that chess need not be a safe exit from memorized opening to scientific endgame ( middlegame murdered ). Chess can be alive always and rewarding ! ---Tony Santasiere---

Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it. --- Viswanathan Anand---

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KUTIPAN BERDASARKAN TOPIK : WANITA

KUTIPAN CATUR BERDASARKAN TOPIK
WANITA

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Saya dicap sebagai pemain penuh trik pada awalnya dan telah dianggap penuh trik sepanjang karir saya. Dikatakan bahwa saya mampu untuk menarik trik entah dari mana. ---Judit Polgar---

Ketika pria kalah melawan saya, mereka selalu memiliki sakit kepala ... atau hal-hal semacam itu. Saya belum pernah mengalahkan seorang pria yang benar-benar sehat! ---Susan Polgar---

Jika saja kelicikan yang diperlukan untuk menjadi ahli, perempuan akan menjadi pemain catur terbaik. ---Adolf Albin---

Selama periode Victoria belakangan mayoritas majalah catur dicetak meningkatkan jumlah cerita lucu, puisi dan anekdot tentang penderitaan dan kebodohan pemain catur wanita, mungkin sebagai penangkal reaksi khawatir manusia untuk fakta bahwa perempuan melanggar batas ' wilayah ' mereka. (British Chess Magazine)

... Wanita yang tumbuh dengan gagasan bahwa dia hanya menjadi hewan ramah, untuk membelai dan membujuk, adalah selalu seorang wanita yang mengecewakan. Sebuah permainan catur akan menyembuhkan kesombongan seperti ini selamanya. Wanita yang tahu paling banyak, berpikir paling banyak, merasakan paling banyak, adalah yang paling banyak. Kasih sayang intelektual merupakan satu-satunya cinta abadi. Cinta yang memiliki permainan catur di dalamnya dapat menyekakmat setiap pria dan memecahkan masalah kehidupan. ---Charles Dickens---

Tidak mungkin ada contoh yang lebih baik dari kekuatan inspirasi kompetisi untuk menghancurkan status quo daripada Judit Polgar-nya Hungaria. ---Garry Kasparov---

Berkat Polgar bersaudari, kata sifat 'pria' seperti sebelumnya dan gelar afirmatif 'wanita' seperti Grandmaster Wanita telah menjadi anakronisme (meskipun mereka masih digunakan) ---Garry Kasparov---

Jika ada rasio 1:1 dari wanita dan pria di dunia catur saya setuju bahwa semua turnamen harus diintegrasikan. Tapi banyak wanita merasa terasing bila even ini dicampur, sehingga baik untuk memiliki beberapa even yang seluruhnya pesertanya wanita. ---Jennifer Shahade---

Kami melihat tidak ada keberatan wanita memasuki turnamen korespondensi tetapi harus merekomendasikan mereka untuk menggunakan nama dari beberapa saudara laki-laki (ayah atau saudara), kecuali lawannya adalah seorang wanita juga. Banyak wanita adalah pemain catur pintar, dan ibu rumah tangga yang baik juga. - 1865 - balasan untuk pembaca Household Chess Magazine

Saya bisa memberikan wanita manapun di dunia satu buah dan satu langkah. untuk even Gaprindashvili , kuda. ---Bobby Fischer---

Fischer adalah Fischer, namun satu kuda adalah satu kuda! ---Mikhail Tal---

Dapatkah Anda bayangkan kelegaan yang memberi seorang ibu ketika anaknya menghibur dirinya diam-diam selama berjam-jam sampai akhir? ---Charles Dickens---

Saya selalu merasa bahwa Judit adalah pemula yang relatif lambat, meskipun dia sangat termotivasi, rajin, pekerja keras, dan disiplin menuju tujuan dia di catur dan dalam kehidupan. ---Susan Polgar---

Jika kita berbicara tentang kemampuan dan keterampilan murni, saya percaya seharusnya tidak ada alasan mengapa perempuan tidak bisa bermain seperti laki-laki. ---Susan Polgar---

Apa yang kita butuhkan adalah banyak perempuan yang tidak sebaik kita, yang akan memperlakukan kita dengan segan dan hormat. ---David Norwood---

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QUOTES BY TOPIC : WOMEN

CHESS QUOTES BY TOPIC
WOMEN

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I was labeled as a tricky player early on and have been regarded as tricky throughout my whole career. It was said that I was able to pull out tricks from nowhere. ---Judit Polgar---

When men lose against me, they always have a headache ... or things of that kind. I have never beaten a completely healthy man! ---Susan Polgar---

If cunning alone were needed to excel, women would be the best chess players. ---Adolf Albin---

During the late Victorian period the majority of chess magazines printed increasing numbers of humourous stories, poems and anecdotes about the agonies and idiocies of women chess players, presumably as an antidote to the alarmed reaction of men to the fact that women were encroaching on their 'territory'. (British Chess Magazine)

… the woman who grows up with the idea that she is simply to be an amiable animal, to be caressed and coaxed, is invariably a bitterly disappointed woman. A game of chess will cure such a conceit forever. The woman that knows the most, thinks the most, feels the most, is the most. Intellectual affection is the only lasting love. Love that has a game of chess in it can checkmate any man and solve the problem of life. ---Charles Dickens---

There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar. ---Garry Kasparov---

Thanks to the Polgars the adjective 'men's' before events and the 'affirmative action' women's titles such as Woman Grandmaster have become anachronisms (though they are still in use) ---Garry Kasparov---

If there were a 1:1 ratio of women and men in the chess world I would agree that all tournaments should be integrated. But a lot of women feel alienated at these mixed events, so it’s positive to have occasional all women’s events. ---Jennifer Shahade---

We see no objection to ladies entering the tournament by correspondence but should recommend them to use the name of some male relative ( a father or a brother), unless her opponent is a lady also. Many ladies are clever chess players, and good housewives too. = - 1865 - reply to reader of Household Chess Magazine

I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move. to Gaprindashvili even, a knight. ---Bobby Fischer---

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight! ---Mikhail Tal---

Can you imagine the relief it gives a mother when her child amuses herself quietly for hours on end? ---Charles Dickens---

I have always felt that Judit was a relatively slow starter, though she is extremely motivated, diligent, hard-working, and disciplined towards her goals in chess and in life. ---Susan Polgar---

If we talk about pure abilities and skills, I believe there should be no reason why women cannot play as well as men. ---Susan Polgar---

What we need are lots of girls who aren't as good as us, who'll treat us with the proper respect and reverance. ---David Norwood---

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