Chess FundamentalsRandom House Puzzles & Games, 2006 - 209 pagini J.R. Capablanca was a World Chess Champion and one of the greatest players in chess history, yet he wrote very little about the game. Chess Fundamentals, though normally for the beginning player, contains valuable insights that will benefit players at all levels of understanding, including masters. Capablanca explains: ·How to obtain and nurture a passed pawn ·How to get and keep the initiative ·Cardinal rules for rook and pawn endings ·How to attack using knight as the main force ·How to cut off enemy pieces Chess Fundamentals is one of the jewels of chess literature. |
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First Principles Endings Middlegame and Openings | 3 |
Pawn Promotion | 9 |
Pawn Endings | 12 |
Some Winning Positions in the Middlegame | 18 |
Relative Value of the Pieces | 24 |
General Strategy of the Opening | 25 |
Control of the Center | 28 |
Traps | 31 |
Openings | 77 |
Double King Pawn Openings | 78 |
SemiOpen Games | 83 |
Double Queen Pawn Openings | 86 |
Indian Defenses | 89 |
Flank Openings | 91 |
Middlegame PlayPlacement of Pieces and Pawns | 94 |
Some Salient Points about Pawns | 97 |
Further Principles in Endgame Play | 33 |
A Classical Ending | 34 |
Obtaining a Passed Pawn | 37 |
How to Find Out Which Pawn Will Be First to Queen | 38 |
The Opposition | 39 |
The Relative Value of Bishop and Knight | 44 |
How to Mate with Knight and Bishop | 51 |
Queen against Rook | 54 |
Planning a Win in Middlegame Play | 57 |
Attacking with Knights as a Prominent Force | 60 |
Winning by Indirect Attack | 61 |
General Theory | 65 |
Direct Attacks En Masse | 66 |
The Force of the Threatened Attack | 70 |
Relinquishing the Initiative | 72 |
Some Possible Developments from a Ruy Lopez | 99 |
The Influence of a Hole | 103 |
Advanced Endgame Strategy | 108 |
The Danger of a Safe Position | 115 |
Endings with One Rook and Pawns | 117 |
Two Rooks and Pawns | 121 |
Rook Bishop and Pawns vs Rook Knight and Pawns | 125 |
Illustrative Games | 131 |
A K RUBINSTEINJ R CAPABLANCA | 133 |
J R CAPABLANCAA BURN | 137 |
J R CAPABLANCAD JANOWSKI | 151 |
N DE FIRMIANP YOUNGWORTH | 169 |
G KASPAROVA KARPOV | 186 |
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