Chess Fundamentals

1. P - Q 4 P - Q 4 2. P - Q B 4 P - K 3 3. Kt - Q B 3 Kt - K B 3 4. B - Kt 5 B - K 2 5. P - K 3 Kt - K 5

We must now revert once more to the endings. Their importance will have become evident to the student who has taken the trouble to study my game with Janowski (Example 53). Afte...

The first thing a student should do, is to familiarise himself with the power of the pieces. This can best be done by learning how to accomplish quickly some of the simple mates.

Before we revert to the technique of the openings it will be advisable to dwell a little on general theory, so that the openings in their relation to the rest of the game may be...

We shall now go back to the endings in search of a few more principles, then again to the middle-game, and finally to the openings once more, so that the advance may not only be...

Before going back to the discussion of openings and middle-game positions, it might be well to bear in mind a few facts concerning Pawn positions which will no doubt help to und...

I shall now give a few winning positions taken from my own games. I have selected those that I believe can be considered as _types_, i.e. positions that may easily occur again i...