CHAPTER I

First Principles: Endings, Middle-game and Openings

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1. SOME SIMPLE MATES 3

2. PAWN PROMOTION 9

3. PAWN ENDINGS 13

4. SOME WINNING POSITIONS IN THE MIDDLE-GAME 19

5. RELATIVE VALUE OF THE PIECES 24

6. GENERAL STRATEGY OF THE OPENING 25

7. CONTROL OF THE CENTRE 28

8. TRAPS 32