Chess Strategy
Edward Lasker - translated by J. Du Mont
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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS E-TEXT EDITIONThe following is an e-text of "Chess Strategy," second edition, (1915)by Edward Lasker, translated by J. Du Mont.This e-text contains the 167 chess and checkers board gamediagrams appearing in the original book, all in the form of ASCII line drawings. The following is a key to the diagrams:For chess pieces,R = RookKt = KnightB = BishopQ = QueenK = KingP = PawnBlack pieces have a # symbol to the left of them, whilewhite pieces have a ^ symbol to the left of them. For example,#B is the Black bishop, while ^B is the white bishop. #Kt isthe black knight, while ^Kt is the white knight. This willlet the reader instantly tell by sight which pieces in theASCII chess diagrams are black and which are white. Thosewho find these diagrams hard to read should feel freeto set up them up on a game board using the actual pieces.CONTENTSTRANSLATOR'S PREFACEAUTHOR'S PREFACEPART II. INTRODUCTORYI. Rules of the GameII. NotationII. HINTS FOR BEGINNERSElementary CombinationsSimple CalculationComplicationsIII. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHESS STRATEGYIntroductoryBalance of Attack and DefenceMobility
IV. THE OPENINGDevelopment of the PiecesOn Losing MovesExamples of Practical PlayPawn PlayPawn SkeletonThe CentreA. King's Pawn GamesB. Queen's Pawn GamesC. Irregular OpeningsV. THE END-GAMEEnd-games with PiecesPawn EndingsMixed EndingsEND-GAMES FROM MASTER-PLAYTeichmann-Blackburne (Berlin, 1897)Ed. Lasker-Rotlewi (Hamburg, 1910)Blackburne-Schlechter (Vienna, 1898)Bird-Janowski (Hastings, 1895)Steiner-Forgacz (Szekesfehervar, 1907)Charousek-Heinrichsen (Cologne, 1898)VI. THE MIDDLE GAMEGeneral RemarksEvolution of the Pawn SkeletonObjects of Attack"Backward" PawnsOn Fixing a WeaknessWeaknesses in a Pawn PositionBreaking up the King's SideDoubled PawnsIllustrations--v. Scheve-Teichmann (Berlin, 1907)Marshall-Burn (Ostend, 1907)Manoeuvres of the Pieces Open Files and DiagonalsExample--Fred. Lazard-Ed. Lasker (Paris, 1914)PART IIILLUSTRATIVE GAMES FROM MASTER TOURNAMENTS1. Tartakower-Burn (Carlsbad, 1911)2. Leonhardt-Marshall (San Sebastian, 1911)3. Spielmann-Prokes (Prag, 1908)4. Tarrasch-Capablanca (San Sebastian, 1911)4a. Howell-Michell (Cable Match, 1907)4b. X. v. Y5. Griffith-Gunston (London, 1902)6. Mason-Gunsberg (New York, 1889)7. Marshall-Tarrasch (Hamburg, 1910)8. Blackburne-Em. Lasker (Petrograd, 1914)9. Salwe-Marshall (Vienna, 1908)
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