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Some Chess Aphorisms

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A rook on eight is named nate
A knight on eight is great
A knight on the wall is named paul
A bishop in trouble is worth double

If you live by these simple rules, you will never lose a game of chess.

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Originally posted by amolv06
A rook on eight is named nate
A knight on eight is great
A knight on the wall is named paul
A bishop in trouble is worth double

If you live by these simple rules, you will never lose a game of chess.
So if I send a rook and knight to my opponent's back rank asap,sac the other knight and glue it to the wall and then get my bishops into trouble I will win?

will try it sometime 🙂

toet.

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It's better to queen a pawn than pawn a queen.

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A Knight on the 6th is like a bone in the throat.

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a pinned queen to the king, guarantees your king.

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two knights at the double, guarantees theres trouble

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