Chess Strategies PLR Ebook

Table of Contents:

I. INTRODUCTORY

     I. Rules of the Game

    II. Notation

II. HINTS FOR BEGINNERS

     Elementary Combinations

     Simple Calculation

     Complications

III. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHESS STRATEGY

     Introductory

     Balance of Attack and Defence

     Mobility

IV. THE OPENING

     Development of the Pieces

     On Losing Moves

     Examples of Practical Play

     Pawn Play

     Pawn Skeleton

     The Centre

  A. King's Pawn Games

  B. Queen's Pawn Games

  C. Irregular Openings

V. THE END-GAME

     End-games with Pieces

     Pawn Endings

     Mixed Endings

END-GAMES FROM MASTER-PLAY

     Teichmann-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 GAME

     General Remarks

     Evolution of the Pawn Skeleton

     Objects of Attack

     "Backward" Pawns

     On Fixing a Weakness

     Weaknesses in a Pawn Position

     Breaking up the King's Side

     Doubled Pawns

     Illustrations–

         v. Scheve-Teichmann (Berlin, 1907)

         Marshall-Burn (Ostend, 1907)

     Manoeuvres of the Pieces Open Files and Diagonals

     Example–

         Fred. Lazard-Ed. Lasker (Paris, 1914)

                  PART II

ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES FROM MASTER TOURNAMENTS

     1. 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. Y

     5. 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)

    10. Teichmann-Amateurs (Glasgow, 1902)

    11. Schlechter-Janowski (Paris, 1900)

    12. Teichmann-Rubinstein (Carlsbad, 1911)

    13. Teichmann-Schlechter (Carlsbad, 1911)

    14. Spielmann-Tarrasch (San Sebastian, 1912)

    15. Aljechin-Niemzowitsch (Petrograd, 1914)

    16. Yates-Gunsberg (Chester, 1914)

    17. Berlin-Riga (1908-1909)

   17a. Maroczy-Berger (Vienna, 1908)

    18. Em. Lasker-Capablanca (Petrograd, 1914)

    19. Ed. Lasker-Janowski (Scheveningen, 1913)

    20. Ed. Lasker-Englund (Scheveningen, 1913)

    21. Ed. Lasker-Aljechin (Scheveningen, 1913)

    22. Forgacz-Tartakower (Petrograd, 1909)

    23. Yates-Esser (Anglo-Dutch Match, 1914)

    24. Atkins-Barry (Cable Match, 1910)

    25. Em. Lasker-Tarrasch (Munich, 1908)

    26. Capablanca-Blanco (Havanna, 1913)

    27. Niemzowitsch-Tarrasch (San Sebastian, 1912)

    28. Alapin-Rubinstein (Wilna, 1912)

    29. Teichmann-Spielmann (Leipzig, 1914)

    30. Tarrasch-Spielmann (Mannheim, 1914)

    31. John-Janowski (Mannheim, 1914)

    32. Ed. Laskcr-Mieses (Scheveningen, 1913)

    33. Barasz-Mieses (Breslau, 1012)

    34. Em. Lasker-Niemzowitsch (Petrograd, 1914)

    35. Reti-Tartakower (Vienna, 1910)

    36. Forgacz-E. Cohn (Petrograd, 1909)

    37. Marshall-Capablanca (New York, 1909)

    38. Rotlewi-Teichmann (Carlsbad, 1911)

   38a. Rubinstein-Teichmann (Vienna, 1908)

    39. Rotlewi-Rubinstein (Lodz, 1907)

    40. Rubinstein-Capablanca (San Sebastian, 1911)

    41. Niemzowitsch-Tarrasch (Petrograd, 1914)

    41a. Em. Lasker-Bauer (Amsterdam, 1889)

    42. Capablanca-Aljechin (Petrograd, 1913)

    43. Capablanca-Bernstein (Petrograd, 1914)

    44. Dus Chotimirski-Vidmar (Carlsbad, 1911)

    45. Rubinstein-Spielmann (Pistyan, 1912)

    46. Thomas-Ed. Lasker (London, 1912)

    47. Tartakower-Asztalos (Budapest, 1913)

   47a. Tartakower-Spielmann (Vienna, 1913)

   47b. X v. Y

    48. Blackburne-Niemzowitsch (Petrograd, 1914)

TABLE OF OPENINGS

      A. King's Pawn Games

      B. Queen's Pawn Games

      C. Irregular Openings