Francois-Andre Danican Philidor quotes
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“The Pawns are the soul of the game”
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“Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone form the attack and defense”
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“The pawn is the soul of chess.”
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“A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.”
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“It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in addition, to the opening of a file for the rook.”
-- Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
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Source : Source: www.usatoday.com
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“This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.”
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Source : Alexander Alekhine, Garry Kasparov (2011). “Alexander Alekhine's Best Games: Algebraic edition”, Pavilion Books
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