WEST ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY ‘46 MT. PLEASANT AVENUE WEST ORANGE, N.J. 07052 SAMURAI CHESS MASTERING STRATEGIC THINKING THROUGH THE MARTIAL ART OFTHE MIND. MICHAEL J. GELB and RAYMOND KEENE, oe Me Ws axe Cour New YokCapit © 997 by Mica Ce and Rayman Keene To my teacher and friend Clyde “Takeguchi, Shihan Al gts eee No pat ofthis book nay be enced ox any form or by ary meats, clestoni or meth. incidg tcopyng rectng orb nyather infomation sag at vt me, witht ‘onion ning onthe bls =MG. Fo pubished in Cret Btn by Ano Pos in 1997; plied ithe Unie States Area 199 by Waller Publshing Company. ‘Tothe memory of Mikhil Botvinnik, who ‘became World Champion in 1948, the year of my birth, and who fs introduced me to the seerts of choss states. =RK Pblhe sine Conca by Therm Allen Son Cana, Lio, Moka, Ona Lite of Congo Casein Pubcon Daa Gelb, Mice Sanches maseing state nang hugh the stl ofthe min/Micel] Cal idRaood Reve Origa puibed Londo Anna Pes, 197, With ew index Ticldes ibliogpbica erences) and ine, ISBN ASO27-1337.8 ISBN OSU27 75405 (pbk) 1. Ghen—Prycholgeal pect. I Keene, Raynoed DH Tie CUHESOH 1995 Nature gave usthe chessboard, ‘whioh ws noiher cor ner wi go! out otute served those ples ‘whote vate, movement ond abity grataty become orion, hon sup ro Us To maKe roves. vo Laat naps Goeth, Sota Peaurwbserscnat? \Vinen you attain he Woy of sategy thats wil no! be one thing Syomote Muth A Book of Fv Back design by Dede Cummings Designs Niyornto ne Unie Sate of Amen Print PeesW97s31CONTENTS, Acknowledgments i Preface: The Origins of this Book ai Authors’ Note:The Essence of Srmurai Chess xi PART! SAMURAI CHESS— THE CUTTING EDGE OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL 1, Infrodaetion 3 2 Chess and the Evolution of Culture 6 3, The Samurai Tradition and Modesn Mani As 28 PARTI ‘WHITE BELT CHESS 4. The Basies of Chess 6 5. Drawing the Sword —the Clasic Openings a 6, Maneavering for Mastary—the Middlegame 80 7. The Cleanest Kills—Basic Endgames oF 5. Defining Deadlock —If You Can't Win ol 9, ‘The White Belt Tests 109