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The weakness of the last rank is notorious. The King can and should castle, but then it is behind a wall of pawns, unable to move forward, and vulnerable to a back rank mate. (Regis-Springall, Bernstein-Capablanca) Even if the King escapes, the enemy pieces can get behind the defences using the last rank. (Bartlett-Regis, Sunye…

“Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!” — Alexander ALEKHIN on the advantage of the Two Bishops at amateur level The French for Bishop is fou (fool) (so the player who had the two Fools (Bishops) was the third Fool) If you take away nothing else from this page, please remember: [b]there are very…