Editing Chess endgame (section)

==Quotations==
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* "[I]n order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before anything else; {{em|for, whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame}}." (Emphasis in original.)<ref>{{Harvcol|Capablanca|1966|p=19}}</ref>
* "... the endgame is as important as the opening and middlegame ... three of the five losses sustained by [[David Bronstein|Bronstein]] in his drawn ... match with [[Mikhail Botvinnik|Botvinnik]] in 1951 were caused by weak endgame play."<ref>{{Harvcol|Hooper|Whyld|1992|}}</ref>
* "Studying the [[chess opening|opening]] is just memorizing moves and hoping for traps, but studying the endgame is chess."&nbsp;– [[Joshua Waitzkin]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tribes.tribe.net/chessclub/thread/4c2141b1-0403-4499-a25e-9257d87e110b |title=Endgame quotes |access-date=2009-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403012224/http://tribes.tribe.net/chessclub/thread/4c2141b1-0403-4499-a25e-9257d87e110b |archive-date=2009-04-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* "If you want to win at chess, begin with the ending."&nbsp;– [[Irving Chernev]]<ref>''[[Chess Life]]'', Sept. 1961, p. 253</ref>
* "Repeating moves in an ending can be very useful. Apart from the obvious gain of time on the clock one notices that the side with the advantage gains psychological benefit."&nbsp;– [[Sergey Belavenets]]
* "It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king."&nbsp;– Siegbert Tarrasch
* "After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad middle game, there is hope for the endgame. But once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived."&nbsp;– [[Edmar Mednis]]
* "Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player."&nbsp;– [[Pal Benko]]