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Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership (full image Illustrated) Edward Lasker B008RGU5B8 File Size: 4021 KB     Download Sample File   BUY NOW Book Description :- Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership Complete instructions for the beginner [and] valuable suggestions for the advanced player. The History of Chess The game of Chess in the form in which it is played to-day is usually assumed to be of a much older date than can be proved with certainty by documents in our possession. The earliest reference to the game is contained in a Persian romance written about 600 A.D., which ascribes the origin of Chess to India. Many of the European Chess terms used in the Middle Ages which can be traced back to the Indian language also tend to prove that India is the mother country of the game. THE HISTORY OF CHECKERS I. THE RULES OF THE GAME Board and men The moves of the men The Rook, Bishop, Queen, King, Knight, Pawn, Castling Special terms Attack and Defense Check and Checkmate Stalemate Perpetual Check Exchange Double Pawn Passed Pawn Isolated Pawn Backward Pawn Fork Minor Piece Sacrifice Discovered Check and Double Check Symbols for moves Chess laws II. ELEMENTARY TACTICS Fundamental endings Relative value of the men How the different men cooperate Sacrificing III. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHESS STRATEGY King's Pawn openings Queen's Pawn openings The middle game IV. ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES Game No. 1: Jackson Showalter vs. Edward Lasker, Lexington, Ky., 1917 Game No. 2: Edward Lasker vs. Jose R. Capablanca, New York, 1915 V. PROBLEMS PART II: THE GAME OF CHECKERS I. THE RULES OF THE GAME II. ELEMENTARY TACTICS III. THE FIVE FUNDAMENTAL POSITIONS The first position The second position The change of the move The third position The fourth position The fifth position IV. GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES V. PROBLEMS The History of Checkers The literature on the game of Checkers (English: Draughts) is very limited and there are no certain references to prove that the game was known before the Sixteenth Century. Two theories are current as to its origin; one of them claiming it to be a simplified Chess, the other explaining it as the result of transferring the Spanish game Alquerque de doze to the Chess board. H. J. R. Murray, the greatest authority on the history of games, considers it most likely that the game has been evolved from both Chess and Alquerque. The method of capturing men and the rule concerning the huffing of a man unquestionably point to the Spanish game, while the board, the diagonal move of the men and the idea of crowning a man are taken from Chess. In France, Germany, Italy and Spain the name of the game is still that of the Queen of Chess (Dame, Dama) whose move in the Middle Ages was identical with the move of the Checkermen. Checkers has never been able to attain more than national uniformity, and it is played with different rules in different countries. In the United States it is more popular than in any other country and a number of players have obtained national fame. The best players at present are considered to be Newell Banks and Alfred Jordan. BOARD AND MEN The game of Chess is played by two armies who oppose each other on a square board or battlefield of sixty-four alternate white and black squares. Each army has sixteen men; one King, one Queen, two Rooks (or Castles), two Bishops, two Knights and eight Pawns. The Generals of the two armies are the two players themselves. The men of one side are of light color and are called White, those of the other side are of dark color and are called Black. The object of the game is to capture the opposing King. When this is done the battle is ended, the side losing whose King is captured. To understand what is meant by the capture of the King it is first necessary to become acquainted with the laws according to which the different men move on the board. To start with, the board must be placed so that the players have a white square at their right. Then the men take the positions shown in Diagram 1. The Rooks occupy the corner squares; next to them stand the Knights; then the Bishops and in the center the King and Queen   Chess Strategy : (full image Illustrated) Edward Lasker (Author), J. JULIUS Du Mont (Translator) B008VIJD24 File Size: 5803 KB     Download Sample File   BUY NOW Book Description :- The large majority of chess players who would like to improve their game, have not the necessary opportunity of pitting themselves against players of master-strength, or at least of obtaining the desired instruction from personal intercourse with them. It is for such players that the present work is intended. The books on which the learner has to rely hardly ever serve his purpose, being mostly little more than a disjointed tabulation of numberless opening variations, which cannot be understood without preliminary studies, and consequently only make for confusion. In the end the connection between the various lines of play may become clear, after the student has made an exhaustive study of the subject, but very few would have either the time or the inclination for such prolonged labour. PART I 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) 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-   CHESS FUNDAMENTALS BY JOS? R. CAPABLANCA : (full image Illustrated) J. R. CAPABLANCA (Author) B0090OL2T0 File Size: 4232 KB     Download Sample File   BUY NOW Book Description :- CHESS FUNDAMENTALS BY JOSE R. CAPABLANCA Chess Fundamentals was first published thirteen years ago. Since then there have appeared at different times a number of articles dealing with the so-called Hypermodern Theory. Those who have read the articles may well have thought that something new, of vital importance, had been discovered. The fact is that the Hypermodern Theory is merely the application, during the opening stages generally, of the same old principles through the medium of somewhat new tactics. There has been no change in the fundamentals. The change has been only a change of form, and not always for the best at that. In chess the tactics may change but the strategic fundamental principles are always the same, so that Chess Fundamentals is as good now as it was thirteen years ago. It will be as good a hundred years from now; as long in fact as the laws and rules of the game remain what they are at present. The reader may therefore go over the contents of the book with the assurance that there is in it everything he needs, and that there is nothing to be added and nothing to be changed. Chess Fundamentals was the one standard work of its kind thirteen years ago and the author firmly believes that it is the one standard work of its kind now. LIST OF CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER I First Principles: Endings, Middle-game and Openings 1. Some Simple Mates 2. Pawn Promotion 3. Pawn Endings 4. Some Winning Positions in the Middle-game 5. Relative Value of the Pieces 6. General Strategy of the Opening 7. Control of the Centre 8. Traps CHAPTER II Further Principles in End-game Play 9. A Cardinal Principle 10. A Classical Ending 11. Obtaining a Passed Pawn 12. How to find out which Pawn will be the first to Queen 13. The Opposition 14. The Relative Value of Knight and Bishop 15. How to Mate with Knight and Bishop 16. Queen against Rook CHAPTER III Planning a Win in Middle-game Play 17. Attacking without the aid of Knights 18. Attacking with Knights as a Prominent Force 19. Winning by Indirect Attack CHAPTER IV General Theory 20. The Initiative 21. Direct Attacks en masse 22. The Force of the Threatened Attack 23. Relinquishing the Initiative 24. Cutting off Pieces from the Scene of Action 25. A Player's Motives Criticised in a Specimen Game CHAPTER V End-game Strategy 26. The Sudden Attack from a Different Side 27. The Danger of a Safe Position 28. Endings with one Rook and Pawns 29. A Difficult Ending: Two Rooks and Pawns 30. Rook, Bishop and Pawns v. Rook, Knight and Pawns CHAPTER VI Further Openings and Middle-games 31. Some Salient Points about Pawns 32. Some Possible Developments from a Ruy Lopez 33. The Influence of a "Hole" PART II ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES 1. Queen's Gambit Declined (Match, 1909) White: F. J. Marshall. Black: J. R. Capablanca. 2. Queen's Gambit Declined (San Sebastian, 1911) White: A. K. Rubinstein. Black: J. R. Capablanca. 3. Irregular Defence (Havana, 1913) White: D. Janowski. Black: J. R. Capablanca. 4. French Defence (St. Petersburg, 1913) White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: E. A. Snosko-Borovski. 5. Ruy Lopez (St. Petersburg, 1914) White: Dr. E. Lasker. Black: J. R. Capablanca. 6. French Defence (Rice Memorial Tournament, 1916) White: O. Chajes. Black: J. R. Capablanca. 7. Ruy Lopez (San Sebastian, 1911) White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: A. Burn. 8. Centre Game (Berlin, 1913) White: J. Mieses. Black: J. R. Capablanca. 9. Queen's Gambit Declined (Berlin, 1913) White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: R. Teichmann. 10. Petroff Defence (St. Petersburg, 1914) White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: F. J. Marshall. 11. Ruy Lopez (St. Petersburg, 1914) 12. French Defence (New York, 1918) 13. Ruy Lopez (New York, 1918) 14. Queen's Gambit Declined (New York, 1918) The Relevant Books :- Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership (full image Illustrated) by Edward Lasker (Author) http://amazon.com/dp/B008RGU5B8 Chess Strategy : (full image Illustrated) by Edward Lasker (Author) http://amazon.com/dp/B008VIJD24   The Blue Book of Chess : (full image Illustrated) Howard Staunton and Modern Authorities (Author) B009AFFZMO File Size: 1880 KB     Download Sample File   BUY NOW Book Description :- The Blue Book of Chess : Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis of All the Recognized Openings PREFACE TO NEW REVISED EDITION. The following work is designed for those who are learning the noble game of Chess. Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner. The chief aim of the Editor of these pages has been to avoid this fault, by simplifying the openings, and by giving to the student chiefly such moves as are recognized to be the best, both in attack and defence. By playing over carefully the illustrative games, the learner will also see, at each opening, the variations made by experienced players in accordance with circumstances. As great a variety of actually played games has been given as was possible in a work of such limited scope. To this end the games of the distinguished players of different nations have been introduced, classified according to the different openings; and thus the reader will find the combined genius and skill of the old heroes like Philidor, Morphy, Staunton, Anderssen, Harrwitz, Evans, Montgomery and Cochrane, together with such recent masters as Lasker, Steinitz, Schlechter, Pillsbury, Marshall, Tarrasch, Janowsky, Tchigorin, and many other players of world-wide celebrity. The basis of this work is Staunton's "Chess Player's Handbook;" but other standard books have been drawn upon to fit it to be a manual for the beginner of to-day. In order to insure perfect accuracy, all the lessons and games have been carefully gone over on the board after being put in type. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Introduction. CHAPTER II. The King's Knight's Opening The Damiano Gambit Philidor's Defence Petroff's Defence Counter Gambit in the Knight's Opening The Giuoco Piano Captain Evans's Gambit The Two Knights' Defence The Knight's Game of Ruy Lopez The Queen's Pawn Game, or Scotch Gambit The Queen's Bishop's Pawn Game in the King's Knight's Opening CHAPTER III. The King's Bishop's Opening. The Two Kings' Bishops' Game McDonnell's Double Gambit The Lopez Gambit The King's Knight's Defence in King's Bishop's Opening Counter Gambit in the King's Bishop's Opening The Queen's Bishop's Pawn's Defence in the King's Bishop's Opening Queen's Bishop's Pawn's Opening CHAPTER IV. The King's Gambit The Gambit refused CHAPTER VI. Irregular Openings The French Game The Sicilian Game The Wing Gambit The Centre Counter Gambit The Fianchetto Steinitz Gambit CHAPTER VII. Endings of Games Chess Problems NAMES OF PLAYERS. ANDERSSEN, BIERWIRTH. MARSHALL, BLEDOW, MEAD, BOUCHER, MEEK, BUCKLE, MONTGOMERY, CAPDEBO, MORPHY, CHENEY, NEW YORK, CLEMENTS, PERIGAL, COCHRANE, PETROFF, DANIELS, PHILADELPHIA, DER LAZA, PHILIDOR, DESCHAPELLES, PILLSBURY, DESLOGES,PINDAR, 201. EVANS,POPERT, GHULAM CASSIM,POTIER, HARRWITZ,PRETI, HENDERSON,ROUSSEAU, HILLEL,SCHLECHTER, HORWITZ,SCHULTEN, JAENISCH,AMANT, JANOWSKY,STANLEY, JONES, Dr., STAUNTON, KIESERITZKY,STEINITZ, KIPPING,SZEN, LA BOURDONNAIS,TARRASCH. INTRODUCTION. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHESS-BOARD AND MEN. The game of Chess is played by two persons, each having at command a little army of sixteen men, upon a board divided into sixty-four squares. The squares are usually colored white and black, or red and white, alternately; and custom has made it an indispensable regulation, that the board shall be so placed that each player has a white square at his right-hand corner. 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