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If a concrete plan of action, intended in the middlegame, requires the creation of backward, doubled, isolated and even a formation of (such) pawns, then it is necessary to go in for this by discarding abstract considerations relevant only to the endgame. Peter Romanovsky, Chess Middlegame Planning
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Every idea deserves to be examined, but by no means all of them deserve to be carried out. Complicated logical constructs ought to be treated with suspicion, since they will all too often cause fresh problems to arise. Viacheslav Eingorn, Decison-Making At The Chessboard
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An extra pawn can best be exploited in a pawn ending, or an ending with knights or like-coloured bishops. Luděk Pachman, Complete Chess Strategy 1: Planning The Pieces
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[Comment after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3] Not aiming for an opening advantage. Only 4.0-0 gives chances of an advantage. Garry Kasparov, My Great Predecessors
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The possessor of the isolated d pawn often employs the h pawn in his attack. Usually it happens when there is an enemy pawn on g6 (g3), which in this case attracts the h pawn like a magnet. Alexander Baburin, Winning Pawn Structures
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It is possible to manoeuvre behind one's lines without running any special risk; one may even halt the development of one's pieces altogether, without doing oneself any particular damage - but ONLY in a closed position. Aron Nimzowitsch, Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929
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The power of connected passed pawns far outweighs that of the lone passed pawn (in rook-and-pawn endings). John Emms, The Survival Guide To Rook Endings
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