Chess Tip Of The Day

Do not use analysis engines blindly, but only as an additional tool to check your analysis.  Andreas Tzermiadianos, How To Beat The French Defence: The Essential Guide To The Tarrasch

On average, a bishop is worth a little more than a knight. John Nunn, Secrets Of Practical Chess

In complicated positions with things able to be taken or exchanged, it is almost certain that the best move is to grab something. Don't dither. It's your opponent's move next time, so don't give him free rein, force him. Cecil Purdy, CJS Purdy's Fine Art Of Chess Annotation And Other Thoughts - Volume Three

There are two basic approaches for White to obtain the advantage in the opening. He can open 1.e4 and aim for rapid development, or he can play d4 and c4 in the first few moves (the "Queen's Gambit") and play for space. Larry Kaufman, The Chess Advantage In Black And White

A knight often has problems fighting against pawns in an ending, with particular difficulties when trying to stop a rook's pawn. John Littlewood, Chess Coaching

Classic games are very instructive in the sense that plans attempted by the masters of the past were often carried out without serious opposition, so we get to see how the idea is executed in practice. Nikolay Yakovlev, Chess Blueprints