Chess by Lasker, Edward -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface 1. The Rules of the Game

Chessboard and Men How the Men Move and Capture How Games are Recorded Rules of the International Chess Federation

2. Checkmating the Lone King

Driving the King to the Edge (King and Queen vs King) King and Rook against King King and Two Bishops against King King, Bishop, and Knight against King King and Two Knights against King King and Pawn against King Important Note to the Reader

3. Combinative Play

The Relative Values of the Men Sacrifices Multiple Attacks Doubled Rooks Pinning, Unpinning, and Counter-pinning Rooks on the Seventh Rank King Manoeuvres The Power of the Pawn Knight Forks The Queen’s Role in Checkmating Attacks

4. Positional Play

The Basic Principles of Opening Strategy The Principle of Rapid Development Game 1: Paul Morphy – Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard The Principle of Centre Control

5. Endgame Strategy

King and Pawn endings Rook and Minor Piece against Rook Endings with Pieces and Pawns Pawns against Pieces The Queen against Other Pieces, without Pawns The Rook against a Minor Piece, without Pawns

6. Middlegame Strategy

Diagonal Attack on Weakened f2-Square Game 2: Ronulfo Gonzalez – Rogelio Sotela Frontal Attack along Open e-file Game 3: Bobby Fischer – Mikhail Tal Frontal Attack along Open f-file Game 4: David Bronstein – Viktor Korchnoi Diagonal Attack on Weakened g2-Square Game 5: Robert Byrne – Bobby Fischer

7. Recapitulation Index of Players Index of Openings Index of Endings