Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the majority of cases in which they are opposed to each other.

To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame.

You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.

The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.

In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else; for, whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame.

A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.

There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess.