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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
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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
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Passive play against the Minority Attack is usually fatal. The best defence is counterattack on the kingside. Steve Giddins, 50 Essential Chess Lessons
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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
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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
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Never make moves instantly, however obvious or forced they may seem. Tony Kosten, Winning Endgames
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The general objective every chessplayer should have during the game is to secure a harmonious cooperation between his pieces and pawns. Alexey Sokolsky, The Modern Openings In Theory And Practice
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