You should plan to spend from one to two hours preparing for each game. Less than one hour will not give you enough wisdom, and more than two hours will start tiring you out.
Edmar Mednis, How To Be A Complete Tournament Player
At almost every stage in any opening there are several good moves. Because only one is given in a book does not prove there are no other good moves, nor even that the one given is the best. Cecil Purdy, Chess World magazine
The best squares for the knight are, basically those in the central zone of the board - d5 and e5 (d4 and e4 for Black). Hans Kmoch, Pawn Power In Chess
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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