If I couldn't find a comprehensive guide on chess strategies, then why not create my own?
I was tired of flipping back and forth through tons of books for the few bits of information that could help me; but I reasoned that if I put all those little tidbits of info together then I might actually be able to begin understanding the secrets to playing a great game of chess.
The next morning I furiously began to read through all of the chess books that I had purchased over the past few years and take down the pertinent notes. I didn't stop there either. I swallowed my pride and enlisted the help of a few experts who were accomplished in chess.
It took awhile to sort through all of the information I had gathered and compile the notes I received from the experts I consulted, but when I was finished I sat back and was completely stunned.
Right here in front of me was the information that I had been seeking all along!
From the notes I had taken from several articles on the subject of chess, as well as my own experiments, I had comprised a comprehensive compendium on chess strategy.
Table Of Contents:
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
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
