The Tao Of Chess: 200 Principles to Transform Your Game and Your Life

by Peter Kurzdorfer

“Chess is as much a mystery as women.” —C.J.S. Purdy

Self burn

but well over a hundred years of experience in master games has shown that 3. Bb5 is in fact more flexible than 3. Nc3. Therefore, it conforms to the spirit of the principle.

Doesn't this go against the idea of moving knights before bishops? This seems like a poor example showing just the opposite??

A bishop (or knight) and king cannot checkmate a lone king no matter how hard you try.

Forge ahead when you have a clearly definable goal in sight.

This is a repeat

understand the reasoning behind the principle, you will have no trouble understanding why White is better, even though it is his knight pair that does the job usually accorded the bishop pair.

If you're trying to illustrate that the bishop pair is usually superior to the knight pair, why show an example that disproves this rule?

Covering a large area thoroughly and swiftly is generally going to bring greater rewards than covering some of the area or covering all of it slowly.

Struggling to apply this to everyday life. Maybe if I lost something?

solve any diagram you come across without setting up a board and

Over ambition is self-defeating.

Good things happen to those who follow the way. That’s what Tao is all about.

I disagree