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Index
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
(a) GENERAL SECTION - THE THEORY OF CHESS. THE PRINCIPLES OF PLAY. THE GENERAL THEORY OF THE OPENING
(b) THE VARIOUS OPENINGS
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
A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST
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