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In strategically superior positions do not lessen your bind by the capture of a stray pawn. Keep increasing the pressure until the pawns start dropping by themselves as if overripe fruit.
Edmar Mednis, Practical Middlegame Tips
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While two pawns and a rook are usually a sufficient equivalent for two minor pieces in an ending, they rarely are in the middlegame, where due to the superior fighting power of two pieces against one, the pawns are often regained before long. Edward Lasker, Chess For Fun & Chess For Blood
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