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The basic aim of a pawn sacrifice is to seize the initiative - the overall control of events - and to improve the placing of your pieces. Isaac Lipnitsky, Questions Of Modern Chess Theory

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Look around for combinations for yourself at every move; and before playing any move, visualise the whole position with that move made, and look around for combinations for your opponent. Cecil Purdy, The Search For Chess Perfection

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At all stages of the game, a bishop is better than a knight against a rook. Cecil Purdy, On The Endgame

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Chess is very much a team game. The pieces rely heavily on each other's help and cooperation, so if one does not pull its weight it lets the whole side down. Michael Stean, Simple Chess

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The Stonewall (for White) is dubious where Black has developed or can develop his queen's bishop on the kingside. Cecil Purdy, CJS Purdy's Fine Art Of Annotation And Other Thoughts - Volume One

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An extra pawn in a rook ending, with pawns on only one side of the board, should usually not be quite enough to win. However, it can still be quite a fight to draw. Jon Speelman, Endgame Preparation

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Do not pin the adverse king's knight (by Bg5/...Bg4) before your opponent has castled. Emmanuel Lasker, Common Sense In Chess