| 1. | Doubled, isolated and blockaded Pawns are weak: Avoid them!
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| 2. | Passed Pawns should be advanced as rapidly as possible.
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| 3. | If you are one or two Pawns ahead, exchange pieces but not Pawns.
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| 4. | If you are one or two Pawns behind, exchange Pawns but not pieces.
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| 5. | If you have an advantage, do not leave all the Pawns on one side.
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| 6. | If you are one Pawn ahead, in 99 cases out of 100 the game is drawn if there are Pawns on only one side of the board.
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| 7. | The easiest endings to win are pure Pawn endings.
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| 8. | The easiest endings to draw are those with Bishops of opposite colors.
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| 9. | The King is a strong piece: Use it!
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| 10. | Do not place your Pawns on the color of your Bishop.
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| 11. | Bishops are better than Knights in all except blocked Pawn positions.
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| 12. | Two Bishops vs. Bishop and Knight constitute a tangible advantage.
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| 13. | Passed Pawns should be blockaded by the King; the only piece which is not harmed by watching a Pawn is the Knight.
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| 14. | A rook on the seventh rank is sufficient compensation for a Pawn.
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| 15. | Rooks belong behind passed Pawns.
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