"Whenever we see an unprotected piece we must keep our eyes peeled because this is one of the most important ingredients of a combination."

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Source : "Excelling at Positional Chess". Book by Jacob Aagaard, 2001.

Jacob Aagaard

#Eye Quotes #Important Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“I'm interested in things when I don't know what they are. Like "Hey, Ray, what the hell is this?" Oh, that's lipstick from the 1700s, that's dog food from the turn of the century, that's a hat from World War II. I'm interested in the minutiae of things. Oddities.”
“Your good is happening right now, even as you accept this statement of truth.”
“I saw this girl dancing, and I moved closer to her because I liked the way she looked, haughty and sexy but not in a slutty way, and when I got closer to her, I realized she was me and I was looking at my reflection in the mirror. I looked like the kind of girl I'd always wanted to befriend.”
“I don't want my fans to have the same disappointment as me when I was refused by some players to sign my notebook when I was young.”
“I love Arkansas but I think Arkansas has its share of unlit minds.”
“Look at the world as a reflection of your inner state.”
“My son thinks I'm hilarious, but he's only 1.”
“It is only when we have renounced our preoccupation with "I," "me," "mine," that we can truly possess the world in which we live. Everything, provided that we regard nothing as property. And not only is everything ours; it is also everybody else's.”

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