Chess Tip Of The Day

The exchange is usually sufficient to win [in an ending] when there are pawns on both wings, because the rook's ability to attack from long range proves superior to the offensive or defensive powers of a minor piece. Andrew Soltis, Turning Advantage Into Victory In Chess

Returning a gambit pawn by way of pushing it is not to be recommended in any gambit variation, because it does not aid development. András Mészáros, Traps In The Opening

Passive play against the Minority Attack is usually fatal. The best defence is counterattack on the kingside. Steve Giddins, 50 Essential Chess Lessons

If you seize a large hunk of the centre in the first moves of the game, make sure that you can defend the pawns that control that territory. John Watson, Mastering The Chess Openings - Volume 1

The ideal which lies at the root of every operation in a file is the ultimate penetration by way of this file into the enemy's game, that is to say to our own seventh or eighth rank. Aron Nimzowitsch, My System - 21st Century Edition

Never make moves instantly, however obvious or forced they may seem. Tony Kosten, Winning Endgames