Endgames Chess Quotes & Sayings

Ethics may be defined as the obligations of morality. — Lajos Kossuth

Agreeing to draws in the middlegame, equal or otherwise, deprives you of the opportunity to practice playing endgames, and the endgame is probably where you need the most practice. — Pal Benko

If you are weak in the endgame, you must spend more time analysing studies; in your training games you must aim at transposing to endgames, which will help you to acquire the requisite experience. — Mikhail Botvinnik

Lots of folks know stuff we don't, but that doesn't make 'em smart. — Krista Van Dolzer

Never had the opportunity in her first lost childhood; and in the intervening years her desire for it had doubled over and doubled over like a katana being forged until finally it was sharper than the truth. — Junot Diaz

He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage at its best. — Nicholas Sparks

It is difficult to walk, talk, eat, exercise, make love, or drive an automobile while reading. — Joshua Meyrowitz

No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant ease as Capablanca. — Richard Reti

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. — Thomas Carlyle

You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important. — Miriam Makeba