ANALYTIC TABLE OF CONTENTS
FIRST BOOK
THE ELEMENTS OF CHESS
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF ORIGIN OF GAME
THE CHESS BOARD
THE PIECES
THE RULES FOR MOVING
a. THE KING (with Rules for Castling)
b. THE CASTLE (or Rook)
c. THE BISHOP
d. THE QUEEN
e. THE KNIGHT
f. THE PAWN
CAPTURING "EN PASSANT"
PAWN PROMOTION
THE INITIAL POSITION
THE END OF THE GAME: MATE, STALEMATE, DRAW
THE STALEMATE
PERPETUAL CHECK ILLUSTRATED
THE FUNCTION OF STRATEGY
THE PICTURESQUE (or English) NOTATION
THE GERMAN NOTATION (or Notation by Co-Ordinates)
DR. LASKER SUMS UP HIS TASK AS INSTRUCTOR
ON THE ADVANTAGES OF A PLUS IN PIECES
FIRST PROPOSITION: The Plus of a Rook suffices to win
the game
ROOK AND KING VS. KING
THE OPPOSITION
_Zugzwang_ OR CONSTRAINT TO MOVE
SECOND PROPOSITION: King and BISHOP or King and Knight
against the bare King make a Drawn Game
THIRD PROPOSITION: King and two minor pieces against
the bare King will force the Checkmate unless both
the minor pieces are Knights
MAJOR PIECES
MINOR PIECES
ILLUSTRATIONS OF PROPOSITIONS TWO AND THREE
FOURTH PROPOSITION: The Plus of a Pawn does not always
suffice to force the win, but in the majority of cases
it does
ILLUSTRATIONS OF PROPOSITION FOUR
PASSED PAWN DEFINED
SQUARE OF THE PASSED PAWN DEFINED
PECULIARITIES OF THE ROOK'S PAWN
STALEMATE ILLUSTRATED
ON THE ADVANTAGE OF THE ATTACK AGAINST AN UNPROTECTED
KING
ILLUSTRATIONS OF ABOVE
"SMOTHERED MATE"
DOUBLE CHECK ILLUSTRATED
ON THE ADVANTAGE BROUGHT ABOUT BY A SIMULTANEOUS ATTACK
UPON SEVERAL OBJECTS
INTERPOSING ILLUSTRATED
QUEENING ILLUSTRATED
"PINNING" ILLUSTRATED (Showing Disadvantage of being
"Pinned")
THE "FORK"
THE DISCOVERED CHECK
ILLUSORY PINS
ON THE USE OF SUPERIOR POWER AT DECISIVE POINTS
RULE FOR DETERMINING WHICH SIDE HAS ADVANTAGE ON A
GIVEN SPOT
HOW THE "VALUE" OF THE PIECES AFFECTS THE USE OF SUPERIOR
POWER
COMPLICATIONS ARISING THROUGH SIMULTANEOUS CONTENDING
AT VARIOUS POINTS
HOW THE "PIN" AFFECTS THE USE OF SUPERIOR POWER
ON THE EXCHANGE-VALUE OF THE PIECES
WINNING THE "EXCHANGE"
VALUE OF THE PIECES EXPRESSED IN PAWNS, ETC
PAWN PROMOTION SHOWING CASE WHERE UNDER-PROMOTED PAWN
IS STRONGER THAN QUEEN, ROOK AND KNIGHT COMBINED
IMPORTANCE OF THE "RIGHT TO MOVE" ILLUSTRATED
ROOK VS. BISHOP AND PAWN
QUEEN VS. TWO ROOKS
QUEEN VS. ROOK
SECOND BOOK
THE THEORY OF THE OPENINGS
SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND A LITTLE HISTORY
THE RUSSIAN GAME OR PETROFF
THE HUNGARIAN GAME
PHILIDOR'S OPENING
HANHAM VARIATION
THE PRUSSIAN OPENING (Two Knights' Defence)
LEONHARDT ON THE PRUSSIAN OPENING
THE CENTER GAMBIT
VARIATION OF THE DANISH GAMBIT
KING'S BISHOP'S OPENING
MAX LANGE'S ATTACK
STEINITZ ON THE MAX LANGE
MARSHALL-TARRASCH GAME (incomplete)
THE ENGLISH OPENING (or Ponziani)
THE VIENNA OPENING
MIESES ON THE VIENNA
THE SCOTCH OPENING
BLUMENFELD ON THE SCOTCH
PAULSEN ON THE SCOTCH
THE SCOTCH GAMBIT
THE KING'S GAMBIT
a. THE KIESERITSKI
STEINITZ-ZUKERTORT
b. THE ALLGAIER
c. THE DEFENCE OF PHILIDOR
d. THE TSCHIGORIN ATTACK
e. THE SALVIO
f. THE MUZIO
THE CUNNINGHAM GAMBIT
THE KING'S BISHOP'S GAMBIT
THE KING'S GAMBIT, DECLINED
THE FALKBEER COUNTER-GAMBIT
DANISH GAMBIT
GIUOCO PIANO OR ITALIAN OPENING
a. THE ATTACK OF MOELLER
RUBINSTEIN ON THE MOELLER
THE EVANS GAMBIT
a. DECLINED
b. ACCEPTED
FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME
a. ANALYSIS BY DR.LAMER
SCHLECHTER-DURAS GAME (incomplete)
b. RUBINSTEIN'S VARIATION
c. BOGOLJUBOW'S SYSTEM
d. SVENONIUS' ANALYSIS
RUY LOPEZ (or Spanish Game)
a. STEINITZ DEFENCE
b. SCHLIEMANN'S DEFENCE
c. BERLIN DEFENCE
d. MORPHY DEFENCE
e. "BRESLAU" VARIATION'
DR. LASKER-SCHLECHTER
f. RUBINSTEIN'S VARIATION
g. EXCHANGE VARIATION
THE HALF-OPEN GAMES
a. THE OPENING OF NIMZOWITSCH
b. THE FIANCHETTI
i. FIANCHETTO OF THE KING
ii. FIANCHETTO OF THE QUEEN
c. ALEKHIN'S OPENING
d. FROM'S GAMBIT
BIRD-LASKFR
i. LIPKE'S INVENTION
ii. ANALYSIS BY RUBINSTEIN
iii. BIRD'S OPENING RECOMMENDED
e. CARO-KANN
FORGACS-DR.BERNSTEIN
f. THE SCANDINAVIAN OPENING (Center Counter)
g. THE SICILIAN OPENING
i. THE "WING GAMBIT"
h. THE FRENCH OPENING (French. Defence)
i. STEINITZ ON THE FRENCH
SICILIAN IN THE FIRST MOVE
THE CLOSED OPENINGS
THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
a. ACCEPTED
b. DECLINED
MARSHALL-RUBINSTEIN GAME (incomplete)
OTHER QUEEN PAWN GAMES
RETI OR ZUKERTORT OPENING
A SUMMARY
USEFUL PRINCIPLES IN THE OPENING, VALUE AND DEFINITION
OF SAME
VALUE OF THE PIECES IN THE OPENING
THIRD BOOK
THE COMBINATION
VARIATION, DEFINITION OF
SIMPLE COMBINATIONS ILLUSTRATED
CAPABLANCA-YATES
COMBINATION INVOLVING A STALEMATE
COMBINATION INVOLVING A SMOTHERED MATE
LOUIS PAULSEN-MORPHY
THE COMBINATION, WHAT IT IS AND HOW CARRIED OUT IN
PRACTICAL PLAY
VARIOUS MOTIFS IN COMBINATIONS
MOTIF OF THE WEAKNESS OF A PIECE OF LITTLE OR NO MOBILITY
A FAULTY OPENING IN WHICH A BISHOP IS DEPRIVED OF ALL
MOBILITY
THE GEOMETRICAL MOTIF
MOTIF OF ENCIRCLING BLACK KING
OBSTRUCTION OF ROOK BY A BISHOP OR VICE-VERSA
ENDING BY TROITZKI
OBSTRUCTING OR PINNING AN OBSTRUCTION ILLUSTRATED
POST-KAGAN
ENDING BY L. KUBBEL
MOTIF OF INDIRECT SUPPORT ILLUSTRATED
MOTIF ILLUSTRATING PASSED PAWN SUPPORTING DISTANT PIECES
OR PAWNS (i.e., Motif of "Function")
ANOTHER FUNCTION MOTIF ILLUSTRATED
STEINITZ-HIRSCHFELD
LOWENTHAL-MAYET
STEINITZ-TSCHIGORIN
ALEKHINE-L. KUBMANN
STEINITZ-MEITNER
PROF. BERGER-DR. SCHMID
THE MOTIF OF "DESPERADO"
FORGACS-DURAS
V. POPIEL-MARCO
V. OPPEN-X
TARRASCH-EM. LASKER
BOBOLJUBOW, RETI AND SPIELMANN-VS. ENGLUND, JACOBSON,
NYHOLM AND OLSON
ENDING BY A TROITZKI (Queen and Bishop vs. Queen)
"INTENTIONS" IN COMBINATIONS MAKE PLAYERS RECKON WITH
THEM
"THREAT" IN AN INTENDED COMBINATION
DR. TARRASCH-BURN
DR. TARTAKOWER-CAPABLANCA
JOHN-SUCHTING
PREVALENT TYPES OF COMBINATIONS
MORPHY-BAUCHER
A. DE RIVIERE-MORPHY
STEINITZ-AMATEUR
EM. LASKER-BAUER
STENEBERG-BOLTE
MOTIF OF TEARING AWAY SAFEGUARDS OF HOSTILE KING ILLUSTRATED
STEINITZ-X
BODEN-OWEN
ALBIN-STEINITZ
KOLISCH-L. PAULSEN
TYPICAL ATTACK ON PINNED KNIGHT
TYPICAL DEFENCE AGAINST HEAVY ATTACKS AGAINST KING
ZUKERTORT-STEINITZ
EM. LASKER-ED. LASKER
DR. TARTAKOWER-DR. ALEKHIN
BIRD-STEINITZ
SCHACHMEISTER STEINITZ (L. Bachmann)
SCHLECHTER-SALWE
TSCHIGORIN-STEINITZ
LASKER-JANOWSKI
L. BACHMANN
STEINITZ-LASKER
CAPABLANCA-MOLINA
MY CHESS CAREER (Capablanca)
CALDAS VIANNA-SILVESTRE
DR. BERNSTEIN-SNOSKO BOROWSKI
MOTIF OF POWER AND PREY
STEINITZ-V BARDELEBEN
SCHIFFERS-TSCHIGORIN
HARMONIST-SCHIFFERS
NIMZOWITSCH-DR. G. FLUES
X-MIESES
PRZEPIORKA-W. COHN
V. FREYMANN-FORGACS
RUBINSTEIN-EM. LASKER
DR. ESSER-DAVIDSON
MACKENZIE-BLACKBURNE
DR.TARTAKOWER-EM LASKER
RUBINSTEIN-SPIELMANN
THE ZUGZWANG AND THE STALEMATE
ENDING BY TROITZKI
KING AND PAWN ENDING ILLUSTRATING "LOSING OF A MOVE"
ENDING BY WEENIK
OPPOSITION ILLUSTRATED IN ENDING OF KING AND PAWNS
SCHELFHOUT-MUURLINK
ENDING BY DR. EM. LASKER AFTER AN IDEA OF V. GOTTSCHALL
ENDING BY TROITZKI
THE PROMOTION OF THE PAWN
DR. LINDEHN-S. BERGH
DUFRESNE-HARRWITZ
MAROCZY-TARRASCH
HALLGARTEN-DIMER
ENDING FROM CHESS PLAYER'S _Chronicle_
ENDING BY LEONID KUBBEL
TSCHIGORIN-TARRASCH
THOMAS-MARSHALL
ENDING BY R. RETI
ILLUSTRATION OF THE PAWN "BREAK-THROUGH"
DR. TARRASCH-EM. LASKER
EM. LASKER-JANOWSKI
_Die Moderne Schachpartie_ (Dr Tarrasch)
ON MADE-UP COMBINATIONS AND ON COMBINATIONS ARISING
IN THE COURSE OF A HARD-FOUGHT GAME
DANGER OF EXCESSIVE STUDY OF CONSTRUCTED COMBINATIONS
FOURTH BOOK
POSITION PLAY
POSITION PLAY AS OPPOSED TO COMBINATION PLAY
THE PLAN
PLANS VS. IDEAS
_Mein System_ (Nimzowitsch)
EXAMPLES
METGER-L. PAULSEN
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ROOK AND PAWN VS. BISHOP AND PAWN
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QUEEN VS. ROOK AND PAWN (Philidor)
FORGACS-SPEILMANN
FOROACS-E. COHN
DR. PERLIS-SALWE
VIDMAR-SPIELMANN
MAC DONNELL-LEWIS
MARSHALL-CAPABLANCA
_My Chess Career_ (Capablanca)
NIMZOWITSCH-CAPABLANCA
DR. KAUFMANN AND FAHNDRICH VS. CAPABLANCA
_My Chess Career_ (Capablanca)
JANOWSKI-CAPABLANCA
THE HISTORY OF PLANNING IN CHESS
PHILIDOR ON PLANNING
ROOK AND PAWN VS. ROOK (Philidor) cannot be guarded
ROOK AND BISHOP VS. ROOK (Philidor)
COUNT BRUHL-PHILIDOR
(_L') Analyse_ (Philidor)
LA BOURDONNAIS ON PLANNING
DE LA BOURDONNAIS-MAC DONNELL
PHILIDOR, LA BOURDONNAIS, MAC DONNELL, STAUNTON, ANDERSSEN,
MORPHY, STEINITZ
THE THEORY OF STEINITZ
STEINITZ AS ANALYST (_Field, Tribune, International
Chess Magazine, Modern Chess Instructor_)
STEINITZ, MASTER OF STRATEGY, COMPARED WITH ZUKERTORT,
GENIUS OF COMBINATIONS
YOUTH OF STEINITZ
C. HAMPE-STEINITZ
ANDERSSEN-STEINITZ
STEINITZ-GREEN
STEINITZ-MONGREDIEN
THE EVOLUTION OF THE THEORY OF STEINITZ
MAC DONNELL-BODEN
STUBBORNNESS OF STEINITZ
STEINITZ AND POTTER
ANDERSSEN-STEINITZ
THE LASTING ADVANTAGES
a. THE PHALANX
b. DOUBLED PAWN
c. BACKWARD PAWN
d. BLOCKED PAWN
e. ISOLATED PAWNS
f. BLOCKED ISOLATED PAWN
g. THE "HOLE"
ZUKERTORT-X
BIRD-STEINITZ
_Simpson's Divan_
STEINITZ'S MAXIMS FOR PRACTICAL PLAY
EXAMPLES OF STEINITZ'S PLAY
STEINITZ-SELLMANN
ZUKERTORT-STEINITZ
STEINITZ-ZUKERTORT
NEGLIGENT ANALYSIS OF GAMES
BACHMANN AND SCHALLOPP ON STEINITZ-ZUKERTORT GAME
ZUKERTORT-STEINITZ
STEINITZ ADVANCES HIS THEORY BEYOND THE NEEDS OF PRACTICAL
CHESS AND THUS ENTERS THE DOMAIN OF SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
BALANCE OF POSITION IN CHESS
COMPENSATION IN CHESS
PRINCIPLE OF ATTACK
WEAKNESSES AND WEAK POINTS AS OBJECTIVES OF ATTACK
EXAMPLES OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ATTACK
CAPTAIN MACKENZIE-AMATEUR
SALWE-MARSHALL
CAPABLANCA-DR. TARTAKOWER
MORPHY-ANDERSSEN
TEICHMANN-DR. BERNSTEIN
BERLIN-RIGA
DURAS-E. COHN
ANDERSSEN-P. MORPHY
DR. TARRASCH-SCHLECHTER
PRINCIPLE OF DEFENCE
EXAMPLES OF THE PRINCIPLE OF DEFENCE
MORPHY-ANDERSSEN
STEINITZ-GOLMAYO
STEINITZ-TSCHIGORIN
PONCE AND TSCHIGORIN-GAVILAN AND STEINITZ
TSCHIGORIN-STEINITZ
THE DECLINING YEARS OF STEINITZ
STEINITZ AND DR. EMANUEL LASKFR
CRITICISM OF AND ADDITIONS TO STEINITZ'S THEORY
PRINCIPLE OF CO-OPERATION OF PIECES
PAWNS ARE BEST IN THE PHALANX
REMARKS ON THE BISHOP AND KNIGHT
EXAMPLES OF CO-OPERATION
a. QUEEN VS. BISHOP AND KNIGHT
b. BISHOPS OF OPPOSITE COLORS
c. QUEEN VS. TWO KNIGHTS
THE PRINCIPLE OF JUSTICE
EXAMPLES OF THE PRINCIPLE OF JUSTICE
a. ROOK AND PASSED PAWN
b. KING AND PAWN VS. ROOK
c. KNIGHT AND PAWN
d. KING AND PAWN
AIM OF DR. LASKER IN REGARD TO HIS PUPILS
ANTAGONISM OF PIECES
_Die Blockade_ (Nimzowitsch)
ENDINGS OF BISHOPs OF SAME COLOR
DISTANCE
BISHOP vs PAWNS
ROOK VS. BISHOP AND PAWNS
THE VALUE OF POINTS (Weak, Strong, Important, Essential)
EXAMPLES
RUBINSTEIN-SALWE
DURAS-RUBINSTEIN
ATTACK AND DEFENCE IN BALANCED POSITIONS
THE SACRIFICE FOR POSITION
EXAMPLES OF SACRIFICE FOR POSITION
LA BOURDONNAIS-MACDONNELL
PILLSBURY-EM. LASKER
THE PRINCIPLE OF PROPORTION
PHILOSOPHY OF DR. LASKER AND THE DOCTOR AS AN AUTHOR
Struggle
Das Begreifen der Welt (Comprehending the World)
Die Philosophie des Unvollendbar (The Philosophy of
the attainable)
HYPER-MODERN SCHOOL
EXAMPLES THE PRINCIPLE OF PROPORTION
TE KOLSTE-TORRE
RETI-COLLE
TE KOLSTE-RETI
KAGAN'S Neuesten Schachnachrichten
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE LOGICAL ORIGIN AND THE DOMAIN OF
APPLICATION OF STEINITZ'S THEORY
ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR A PAWN SACRIFICE DISCUSSED
FIFTH BOOK
THE AESTHETIC EFFECT IN CHESS
TWO-MOVE PROBLEM BY PAUL MORPHY
ANDERSSEN-KIESERITZKI (The "Immortal Game")
EXAMPLES OF THE AESTHETIC EFFECT IN CHESS
ENDING BY COMTE DE VILLENEUVE
HUMOROUS ENDING BY AN UNKNOWN AUTHOR (The "Circus")
ENDING FROM ANCIENT PERSIAN DOCUMENT
THREE-MOVE PROBLEM BY SAM LOYD
ANDERSSEN-DUFRESNE (Critical Position from the "Evergreen
Partie")
ANALYTICAL CONTENTS
Laerobok i Schach
MASON-WINAWER
PILLSBURY-EMANUEL LASKER
ZUKERTORT-BLACKBURNE
STEINITZ'S NOTES
RETI-BOGOLJUBOW
RUBINSTEIN-TEICHMANN
SCHLECHTER'S NOTES
BOGOLJUBOW-SPIELMANN
BOGOLJUBOW-AMATEUR
LIST-HROMADKA
ENDINGS BY TROITZKI
ENDING BY RATNER
ENDINGS BY LEONID KUBBEL
ENDINGS BY HENRI RINCK
SIXTH BOOK
EXAMPLES AND MODELS
I. BERGER-P. GASPARY
_Probleme, Studien, Partien_ (I. Berger)
DR. TARRASCH-PILLSBURY
_Die Moderne Schachpartie_ (Tarrasch)
BURN-SNOSKO BOROWSKI
JANOWSKI-EMANUEL LASKER
SCHLECHTER-SUCHTING
CAPABLANCA-MARSHALL
DR. TARTAKOWER-DR. SEITZ
CORIA-G. BONEO
DUS CHOTIMIRSKI-CAPABLANCA
Capablanca's Magazine
BOGOLJUBOW-ROMANOWSKI
DR. TARTAKOWER-MIESES
BOGOLJUBOW-RETI
TORRE-YATES
SAMISCH-SPIELMANN
ALEKHIN-MARSHALL
NIMZOWITSCH-BOGOLJUBOW
RETI-ALEKHIN
SIR GEORGE THOMAS-RUBINSTEIN
ALEKHIN-COLLE
BOGOLJUBOW-MIESES
BOGOLJUBOW-RETI
ROMANOWSKI-E. RABINOVITCH
J. H. MORRISON-W. H. WATTS
E. NEBERMANN-R. BAU
TORRE-GRUNFELD
(_L') Alfiere di Re_ (Grunfeld)
RUBINSTEIN-CHWOJUIK
CAPABLANCA-ALEKHIN
EUWE-BOGOLJUBOW
FINAL REFLECTIONS
ON EDUCATION IN CHESS
ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED TO BECOME A FIRST-CLASS PLAYER
ON THE FUTURE OF THE THEORY OF STEINITZ
KNIGGE _Intercourse Between Men (Umgang Mit Menschen_)
LABRUYERE _Characters _