The Game of Chess by Tarrasch, Siegbert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication NOTE TO ENGLISH EDITION AUTHOR’S PREFACE Table of Contents PART 1 - THE ELEMENTS

A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE ELEMENTS CASTLING A FEW COMMON CHESS TERMS THE RELATIVE VALUES OF THE MEN ABBREVIATIONS THE NOTATION THE MOST IMPORTANT LAWS OF THE GAME

PART 2 - THE END-GAME

QUEEN v. QUEEN QUEEN v. ROOK BISHOP AND KNIGHT v. KING ROOK AND BISHOP v. ROOK ROOK AND KNIGHT v. ROOK ROOK v. BISHOP ROOK v. KNIGHT ROOK END-GAMES END-GAMES WITH MINOR PIECES PAWN ENDINGS SOME LONGER END-GAMES

PART 3 - THE MIDDLE GAME

TYPICAL MIDDLE-GAME COMBINATIONS AND ATTACKS. THE EXPLOITATION OF MISTAKES PINNING DOUBLE ATTACKS UNGUARDED MEN THE DESTRUCTION OF A GUARD ILLUSORY PROTECTION DISCOVERED ATTACKS THE IMPRISONMENT OF A BISHOP THE CAPTURE OF THE QUEEN AFTER HER PENETRATION TO QKT7 (Q × QKTP) THE FORCIBLE EXPOSURE OF THE KING THE ATTACK WITH THE KlNG’S BISHOP’S PAWN THE ATTACK ALONG THE KING’S BISHOP’S FILE THE ATTACK ON THE POINT KB7 THE BROKEN-UP CASTLED POSITION THE ATTACK ALONG THE KNIGHT’S FILE THE POINT KR6 AS A TARGET FOR ATTACK THE ATTACK ALONG THE ROOK’S FILE THE ATTACK ON THE POINT KR7 WITH QUEEN AND BISHOP TWO BISHOPS AGAINST A CASTLED POSITION SOME POSSIBLE DANGERS OF CASTLING ON THE QUEEN’S SIDE THE SMOTHERED MATE THE MATE ON THE BACK RANK: INSUFFICIENT GUARD OF THE BASE PERPETUAL CHECK THE ROOK ON THE OPEN FILE AND ON THE SEVENTH RANK THE EFFECT BEYOND AN ENEMY MAN OF PIECES THAT MOVE IN STRAIGHT LINES THE PASSED PAWN ADVANCED PAWNS THE POINT QB6 AS A TARGET FOR ATTACK THE POINT QKT6 AS A TARGET FOR ATTACK. TURNING A FLANK

PART 4 - THE OPENING

PART 5 - GAMES

GAME No. 1 GAME No. 2 GAME No. 3 GAME No. 4 GAME No. 5 GAME No. 6 GAME No. 7 GAME No. 8 GAME No. 9 GAME No. 10 GAME No. 11 GAME No. 12

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