Pawn (chess) - Quotation

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  • "The pawn is the soul of chess." - François-André Danican Philidor (... the Pawns. They are the very Life of the Game. They alone form the Attack and the Defense; on their good or bad Situation depends the Gain or Loss of the Party." Philidor, 1749 (Euwe & Hooper 1959:1) ).

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