White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.

Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago

Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!

I have a quite feeling of pity for all those who don't know chess; almost like I am sorry for those who never learned to love. Chess, like love and music, has the ability of making people happy.

In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support to the advance of one of its own pawns to the queening square.

White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.

When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad.