Francois-Andre Danican Philidor Quotes
- The Pawns are the soul of the game
- Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone form the attack and defense
- The pawn is the soul of chess.
- A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.
- 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…