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Tag Name "Rook" (12)

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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
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The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces.
Howard Staunton
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Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate.
Jose Raul Capablanca
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First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns.
Mikhail Tal
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Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings.
Paul Keres
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In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support to the advance of one of its own pawns to the queening square.
Siegbert Tarrasch
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As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.
Bobby Fischer
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In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed.
Howard Staunton
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One of our very favorite shows of 2008 was our Slowtrain instore. We drove straight from San Francisco, pulled up to the back of the store, dragged our entire setup inside and played our new album, Rook, start-to-finish - and they let us get away with it.
Jonathan Meiburg
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For what use are books to anyone whose days are like a rook's nest with every twig a duty.
Mervyn Peake
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I have also heard that GM Oscar Panno said that -whenever you have to make a rook move and both rooks are available for said move- you should evaluate which rook to move and, once you have made up your mind... MOVE THE OTHER ONE!!!
Oscar Panno
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Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so.
Siegbert Tarrasch