ix Many players... find themselves in losing positions because they are suffering from a lack of
knowledge of what is important in a given chess situation.
p.8 Your king is only as weak as your opponent's ability to attack it.
p.12 Winning a game of chess is a matter of accumulating advantages.
p.13 [In the game being discussed] White's light-square bishop is a bad bishop because its movement
is restricted by its own pawns. Black's light-square bishop is a good bishop because it can move freely.
p.19-20 there are two kinds of advantages:
temporary advantages such as development, piece placement, and mobility; and
permanent advantages such as material and pawn structure.
In your own games, you want to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones.
p.46 Black has obtained active piece play in return for structural weaknesses.
p.47 It is important to realize that attacking is not just trying to win material. Sometimes you need to
disrupt your opponent's development and give the rest of your pieces a chance to get into position.
p.60 avoid saddling yourself with a long-term weakness.
p.70 try to organize play on the opponent's weak squares.
p.79 Do not trade active pieces for inactive pieces.
