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I'm a real pawn-shopper.
The pawn is the soul of chess.
We are either kings or pawns of men
Pawns are really queens in disguise.
I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger
To capture the pawn, threaten the queen.
A knight ending is really a pawn ending.
Now I have the pawn and the compensation.
I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.
No pawn exchanges, no file-opening, no attack.
Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?
Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf
Pawns are born free, yet they are everywhere in chains
An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard.
The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard
I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.
No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.
Touch the pawns before your king with only infinite delicacy.
My world we humans we’re just pawns on an immortal chessboard.
In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.
Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity
Actors are always the pawns. They're the last ones in the food chain.
In the middlegame one should not hesitate to advance a central passed pawn.
Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so.
A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.
When you borrow on your character, it is your character that you leave in pawn.
Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
If I am the pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make my mind up for me.
We are Muslims. My father would pawn off his Muslim in-laws as Hindus just so that he could get free pancakes.
Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position
We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.
The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly.
Don't get into this false sense that you are an individual when you're on Facebook. No. You're Not. You're a pawn in their scheme.
Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
He is nothing more than one of my pawns. However, he is not a normal pawn. He is a pawn that can get across the whole board in one move.
You have to create your own stuff. It's really exciting to create something, sell it, and feel like I'm not just a pawn waiting to be cast
And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they were all isolated.
What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded.
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.
I concern myself with Venezuela. However, some rightwing movements are transforming me into a pawn in the domestic politics of their countries, by making statements that are groundless.
It isn't myself that's important in this transaction apparently; the individual doesn't count much in the situation...all of us are more or less pawns. We're moved about like chessmen by circumstances over which we have no control.
Statistically you take thousands of photographs of your first kid, and then with your second kidyou take about half of that. And then with your third kid, you, like, pawn off your first and second kids' photographs and tell them they're theirs.
Often we take personally the slings and arrows of our 'abusers'. But frequently we are merely the interchangeable pawns of their own neurotic dramas. Anyone else in your position would have received the same treatment. There is nothing especially noxious or negatively noteworthy about you.