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Language
English
Pages
246

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Chess, Games, Drama, history and criticism

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Cover of: Fundamentos de ajedrez
Fundamentos de ajedrez
1997, Fundamentos
in Spanish - 14&#x00AA%x; ed.
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Chess fundamentals
1994, Cadogan Chess
in English - Algebraic ed.
Cover of: Chess fundamentals
Chess fundamentals
1949
in English
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Chess fundamentals
1921, Harcourt, Brace and company; [etc., etc.]
in English

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Table of Contents

Part I
Chapter I. First Principles: Endings, Middle-Game and Openings
1. Some Simple Mates
Page 3
2. Pawn Promotion
Page 9
3. Pawn Endings
Page 13
4. Some Winning Positions in the Middle-Game
Page 19
5. Relative Value of the Pieces
Page 24
6. General Strategy of the Opening
Page 25
7. Control of the Centre
Page 28
8. Traps
Page 32
Chapter II. Further Principles in End-Game Play
9. A Cardinal Principle
Page 35
10. A Classical Ending
Page 37
11. Obtaining a Passed Pawn
Page 40
12. How to Find Out Which Pawn Will Be the First to Queen
Page 41
13. The Opposition
Page 43
14. The Relative Value of Knight and Bishop
Page 50
15. How to Mate with Knight and Bishop
Page 59
16. Queen Against Rook
Page 62
Chapter III. Planning a Win in Middle-Game Play
17. Attacking Without the Aid of Knights
Page 68
18. Attacking with Knights as a Prominent Force
Page 71
19. Winning by Indirect Attack
Page 73
Chapter IV. General Theory
20. The Initiative
Page 77
21. Direct Attacks en Masse
Page 78
22. The Force of the Threatened Attack
Page 80
23. Relinquishing the Initiative
Page 89
24. Cutting Off Pieces from the Scene of Action
Page 94
25. A Player's Motives Criticised in a Specimen Game
Page 99
Chapter V. End-Game Strategy
26. The Sudden Attack from a Different Side
Page 111
27. The Danger of a Safe Position
Page 120
28. Endings with One Rook and Pawns
Page 122
29. A Difficult Ending: Two Rooks and Pawns
Page 127
30. Rook, Bishop and Pawns vs. Rook, Knight and Pawns
Page 138
Chapter VI. Further Openings and Middle-Games
31. Some Salient Points About Pawns
Page 143
32. Some Possible Developments from a Ruy Lopez
Page 146
33. The Influence of a 'Hole'
Page 150
Part II. Illustrative Games
Game I. Queen's Gambit Declined (Match, 1909)
Page 159
Game II. Queen's Gambit Declined (San Sebastian, 1911)
Page 163
Game III. Irregular Defence (Havana, 1913)
Page 169
Game IV. French Defence (St. Petersburg, 1913)
Page 174
Game V. Ruy Lopez (St. Petersburg, 1914)
Page 181
Game VI. French Defence (Rice Memorial Tournament, 1916)
Page 189
Game VII. Ruy Lopez (San Sebastian, 1911)
Page 197
Game VIII. Centre Game (Berlin, 1913)
Page 201
Game IX. Queen's Gambit Declined (Berlin, 1913)
Page 209
Game X. Petroff Defence (St. Petersburg, 1914)
Page 215
Game XI. Ruy Lopez (St. Petersburg, 1914)
Page 221
Game XII. French Defence (New York, 1918)
Page 225
Game XIII. Ruy Lopez (New York, 1918)
Page 231
Game XIV. Queen's Gambit Declined (New York, 1918)
Page 238

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New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
GV1445 .C3

The Physical Object

Pagination
4 p. l., 3-246 p.
Number of pages
246

Edition Identifiers

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OL23286033M
Internet Archive
chessfundamental00capa
LCCN
22000127
OCLC/WorldCat
1578344
LibraryThing
335792

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OL4467962W

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