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Long-range pieces like bishops are quite happy on the back ranks. The main reason they need to be developed in the first place is to let the rooks into the game.
Joe Gallagher, Starting Out: The Caro-Kann
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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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