The Complete Chess Course by Reinfeld, Fred -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

How the Pieces Move Check and Checkmate Castling Additional Powers of the Pawn How the Moves Are Recorded Relative Values of the Chess Forces How Games Are Drawn

Book Two – The Nine Bad Moves

(1) Neglecting Development of Your Pieces (2) Exposing Your King to Attack (3) Making Too Many Queen Moves in the Opening (4) Grabbing Pawns Thoughtlessly (5) Weakening Your Castled Position (6) Getting Pinned (7) Failing to Guard against Captures (8) Underestimating Your Opponent’s Threats (9) Losing a Won Game

Book Three – How to Play the White Pieces

(1) How to Control the Center (2) How to Exploit Your Superior Development (3) How to Exploit Your Superior Mobility (4) How to Exploit Black’s Premature Opening Up of the Position (5) How to Exploit Black’s Premature Counterattack (6) How to Exploit Black’s Weakening Pawn Moves (7) How to Exploit Black’s Errors of Judgment (8) Opening Mistakes White Should Avoid

Book Four – How to Play the Black Pieces

(1) How to Exploit White’s Weaknesses (2) How to Seize the Initiative (3) How to Play against Gambits (4) How to Defend against a Powerful Attack (5) How to Seize the Attack (6) Opening Mistakes Black Should Avoid

Book Five – How to Win When You’re Ahead

(1) Superior Force Should Win! (2) The Power of Pawn Promotion (3) King and Pawn Endings (4) Endgames with a Piece Ahead (5) Endgames with the Exchange Ahead (6) Rook and Pawn Endings (7) Endings with Minor Pieces (8) Sundry Endings (9) How to Simplify into a Won Ending (10) Exceptions: Material Advantage Doesn’t Always Win (11) Beware of Overconfidence!

Book Six – How to Fight Back

(1) Counterattack – How to Meet the Crisis (2) Resourceful Defense – How to Simplify (3) Half a Point Is Better than None (4) The Defense Fumbles (5) How to Fight Back: Practical Examples (6) Point of No Return

Book Seven – How to Play the e-pawn Openings

Center Game Danish Gambit Bishop’s Opening Vienna Game King’s Gambit King’s Gambit Declined Falkbeer Counter Gambit Latvian Counter Gambit Philidor’s Defense Petroff’s Defense Scotch Game Ponziani Opening Hungarian Defense Giuoco Piano Evans Gambit Two Knights’ Defense Max Lange Attack Four Knights’ Game (including Three Knights’ Game) Ruy Lopez French Defense Sicilian Defense Caro-Kann Defense Alekhine’s Defense Scandinavian Defense Nimzovich Defense Pirc Defense

Book Eight – How to Play the d-pawn Openings

Queen’s Gambit Declined Albin Counter Gambit Queen’s Gambit Accepted Miscellaneous Double d-pawn Openings Nimzo-Indian Defense Queen’s Indian Defense King’s Indian Defense Grünfeld Defense Blumenfeld Counter Gambit Budapest Defense Benoni Defense Dutch Defense Réti Opening Catalan System English Opening Bird’s Opening

Editorial Notes