To my way of thinking, Troitzky has no peer among endgame compsers; no one else has composed so many and such varied endings of the first rank.

The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.

During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit of visiting a chess club during the late afternoon or evening to relax and find relief from the preoccupations of their work.

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.

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

In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else.

As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent