A very basic strategy — if your enemies know where you are, then don't be there.
Everyone has an agenda. Sometimes it's conscious, sometimes it's not, but it's always there.
Here's how you win the debate. You don't make it personal. You do not make it about you. That is what they want, and if you give it to them, you will lose.
Except they had never had a fight. Not in the sense meant by people paid to fight or die. Pushing and shoving at the schoolyard gate or on the sidewalk outside the soda shop or late at night after a start-of-summer keg party was as far from fighting as two fat guys tossing lame spirals in the park were from the Superbowl.
Yeah, the beauty of this is its simplicity. If it gets complex, everything can go wrong. If I learned one thing in 'Nam, it's...
— Not! Do not! No no! Do not do this! He has set a trap for you! If you queen a pawn, then he will move his bishop to c1. And you will answer him with a horse. But then... he will advance the pawn to d7, threatening your boat. And even if you check after that, if you move your knight to e2, you will lose.
— Conduct someone this gentleman to the exit.
— The combination is almost exactly like Alekhine with Bogolyubov in the 22nd year.
— Wait a minute! What did you say there?
— It is a trap. If you go pawn, he will take your rook, and you will lose.
— And what am I then, in your opinion, have to do?
— You should go on the defensive. Don't move forward. Avoid his attacks. And most importantly, take the king out from under the blow.
From g8 to h7. He will translate the attack to the opposite flank, but you parry it with your rook from c8 to c4. It will take two moves he will lose a pawn and your advantage. Your passed pawn will remain against his pawn. And this is already a draw. Nothing else can be done here.
— I didn't understand a word from his speech, but he spoke confidently, like a real professional! Maybe someone has others suggestions? Well, OK. What's the difference how to lose? King from g8 to h7?
— G8 — h7.
— Did he agree to a draw? We forced the world champion himself agree to a draw?!
[Burr] Your Excellency, sir
[Washington] Who are you?
[Burr] Aaron Burr, sir
Permission to state my case?
[Washington] As you were...
[Burr] Sir, I was a captain under General Montgomery
Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec, and well, in summary
I think that I could be of some assistance
I admire how you keep firing on the British
From a distance
[Washington] Huh
[Burr] I have some questions, a couple of suggestions
On how to fight instead of fleeing west
[Washington] Yes?
[Burr] Well —
[Hamilton] Your Excellency? You wanted to see me?
[Washington] Hamilton, come in. Have you met Burr?
[Hamilton] Yes, sir
[Hamilton & Burr] We keep meeting...
[Burr] As I was saying, sir
I look forward to seeing your strategy play out—
[Washington] Burr?
[Burr] Sir?