Edward Lasker.........................................................................................................................................1INFORMATION ABOUT THIS E−TEXT EDITION............................................................................2TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE..................................................................................................................3AUTHOR'S PREFACE...........................................................................................................................4PART I..................................................................................................................................................................5CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY...........................................................................................................5I. RULES OF THE GAME......................................................................................................................5II. NOTATION........................................................................................................................................8CHAPTER II. HINTS FOR BEGINNERS−−ELEMENTARY COMBINATIONS.............................9CHAPTER III.GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHESS STRATEGY..................................................15CHAPTER IV.THE OPENING............................................................................................................18IRREGULAR OPENINGS....................................................................................................................46CHAPTER V. THE END−GAME........................................................................................................47END−GAMESFROM MASTER PLAY..............................................................................................73II. FROM A GAME ED. LASKER−ROTLEVI (HAMBURG, 1910)................................................74III. From a game Blackburne−Schlechter (Vienna, 1898)....................................................................76IV. FROM A GAME BIRD−JANOWSKI............................................................................................79V. FROM A GAME STEINER−FORGACZ (SZEKESFEHERVAR, 1907)......................................80VI. FROM A GAME CHAROUSEK−HEINRICHSEN (COLOGNE, 1898).....................................81CHAPTER VI.THE MIDDLE GAME.................................................................................................82PART II. ILLUSTRATIVE GAMESFROM MASTER TOURNAMENTS...................................................92GAME No. 1..........................................................................................................................................92GAME No. 2..........................................................................................................................................94GAME No. 3..........................................................................................................................................96GAME NO. 4.........................................................................................................................................98GAME No. 5........................................................................................................................................101GAME No. 6........................................................................................................................................103GAME NO. 7.......................................................................................................................................105GAME NO. 8.......................................................................................................................................107GAME No. 9........................................................................................................................................110GAME No. 10......................................................................................................................................113GAME No. 11......................................................................................................................................116GAME No. 12......................................................................................................................................119GAME No. 13......................................................................................................................................122GAME No. 14......................................................................................................................................124GAME No. 15......................................................................................................................................127GAME No. 16......................................................................................................................................130GAME No. 17......................................................................................................................................131GAME No. 18......................................................................................................................................135GAME No. 19......................................................................................................................................138GAME No. 20......................................................................................................................................142GAME No. 21......................................................................................................................................143GAME No. 22......................................................................................................................................145GAME No. 23......................................................................................................................................147GAME No. 24......................................................................................................................................149GAME NO. 25.....................................................................................................................................151