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I am firmly convinced that, at the club and weekend level, a player will usually get better results by sticking to a narrow range of openings. This is because the biggest weakness of most players at that level is a lack of understanding of the typical middlegames and endgames reached from the opening. Steve Giddins, How To Build Your Chess Opening Repertoire
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As a rule the best players in the world play in time-trouble as if they were not short of time; so learn to follow their example. Alexander Kotov, Think Like A Grandmaster
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The true purpose of the opening is to create imbalances and develop your army in such a way that they can take advantage of them. Jeremy Silman, How To Reassess Your Chess
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The three major features of opening play are development, central control and king safety. If you can obtain an advantage in one of these three areas it can prove decisive in winning the game. Mike Basman, Chess Openings
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If the club player can understand the basic strategy in a particular variation, and this should be well within his powers, he can also hope to discover new and strong moves for himself. Leonard Barden & Tim Harding, The Batsford Guide To Chess Openings
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A lead in development (in return for a material sacrifice) offers dangerous but temporary compensation. Jonathan Tisdall, Improve Your Chess Now
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If your pieces get tied down to defending pawns, your enemy can switch his attack to a different part of the board and you will not be able to react in time. Shaun Taulbut, Positional Chess
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