
Chess: The Complete Self-Tutor
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Rules of the Game
- Chessboard and Men
- How the Men Move and Capture
- How Games are Recorded
- Rules of the International Chess Federation
- 2. Checkmating the Lone King
- Driving the King to the Edge (King and Queen vs King)
- King and Rook against King
- King and Two Bishops against King
- King, Bishop, and Knight against King
- King and Two Knights against King
- King and Pawn against King
- Important Note to the Reader
- 3. Combinative Play
- The Relative Values of the Men
- Sacrifices
- Multiple Attacks
- Doubled Rooks
- Pinning, Unpinning, and Counter-pinning
- Rooks on the Seventh Rank
- King Manoeuvres
- The Power of the Pawn
- Knight Forks
- The Queen's Role in Checkmating Attacks
- 4. Positional Play
- The Basic Principles of Opening Strategy
- The Principle of Rapid Development
- Game 1: Paul Morphy - Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard
- The Principle of Centre Control
- 5. Endgame Strategy
- King and Pawn endings
- Rook and Minor Piece against Rook
- Endings with Pieces and Pawns
- Pawns against Pieces
- The Queen against Other Pieces, without Pawns
- The Rook against a Minor Piece, without Pawns
- 6. Middlegame Strategy
- Diagonal Attack on Weakened f2-Square
- Game 2: Ronulfo Gonzalez - Rogelio Sotela
- Frontal Attack along Open e-file
- Game 3: Bobby Fischer - Mikhail Tal
- Frontal Attack along Open f-file
- Game 4: David Bronstein - Viktor Korchnoi
- Diagonal Attack on Weakened g2-Square
- Game 5: Robert Byrne - Bobby Fischer
- 7. Recapitulation
- Index of Players
- Index of Openings
- Index of Endings
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