Index:Chess fundamentals (IA chessfundamental00capa).pdf

Title	Chess fundamentals
Author	José Raúl Capablanca
Year	1921
Publisher	Harcourt, Brace and company
Location	New York
Source	pdf
Progress	To be proofread
Transclusion	Index not transcluded or unreviewed
OCLC	1041811637

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LIST OF CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER I

First Principles: Endings, Middle-game and Opennings

PAGE

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

CHAPTER II

Further Principles in End-game Play

9.

A Cardinal Principle ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

35

10.

A Classical Ending ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

37

11.

Obtaining a Passed Pawn ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

40

12.

How to find out which Pawn will be the first to Queen ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

41

13.

The Opposition ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

43

14.

The Relative Value of Knight and Bishop ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

50

15.

How to Mate With Knight and Bishop ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

59

16.

Queen against Rook ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

62

CHAPTER III

Planning a Win in Middle-game Play

17.

Attacking without the aid of Knights ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

68

18.

Attacking with Knights as a Prominent Force ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

71

19.

Winning by Indirect Attack ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

72

CHAPTER IV

General Theory

PAGE

20.

The Initiative ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

77

21.

Direct Attacks en massr ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

78

22.

The Force of the Threatened Attack ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

82

23.

Relinquishing the Initiative ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

89

24.

Cutting off Pieces from the Scene of Action ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

94

25.

A Player's Motives Criticised in a Specimen Game ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

99

CHAPTER V

End-game Strategy

26.

The Sudden Attack from a Different Side ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

111

27.

The Danger of a Safe Position ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

120

28.

Endings with one Rook and Pawns ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

127

29.

A Difficult Ending: Two Rooks and Pawns ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

127

30.

Rook, Bishop and Pawns v. Rook, Knight and Pawns ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

138

(A Final Example of preserving Freedom whilst
imposing restraint.)

CHAPTER VI

Furthier Openings and Middle-Games

31.

Some Salient Points about Pawns ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

143

32.

Some Possible Developments from a Ruy Lopez (Showing the weakness of a backward Q B P; the power of a Pawn at K 5, etc.) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

146

33.

The Influence of a "Hole" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

150

PART II

ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES

1.

Queen's Gambit Declined (Match, 1909) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

159

White: F. J. Marshall. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

2.

Queen's Gambit Declined (San Sebastian, 1911) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

163

White: A. K. Rubinstein. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

3.

Irregular Defence (Havana, 1913) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

169

White: D. Janowski. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

4.

French Defence (St. Petersburg, 1913) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

174

White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: E. A. Snosko-Borovski.

5.

Ruy Lopez (St. Petersburg, 1914) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

181

White: Dr. E. Lasker. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

6.

French Defence (Rice Memorial Tournament, 1916) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

189

White: 0. Chajes. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

7.

Ruy Lopez (San Sebastian, 1911) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

197

White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: A. Burn.

8.

Centre Game (Berlin, 1913) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

201

White: J. Mieses. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

9.

Queen's Gambit Declined (Berlin, 1913) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

209

White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: R. Teichmann.

10.

Petroff Defence (St. Petersburg, 1914) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

215

White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: F. J. Marshall.

11.

Ruy Lopez (St. Petersburg, 1914) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

221

White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: D. Janowski.

12.

French Defence (New York, 1913) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

225

White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: 0. Chajes.

13.

Ruy Lopez (New York, 1918) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

231

White: J. S. Morrison. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

14.

Queen's Gambit Declined (New York, 1918) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

238

White: F. J. Marshall. Black: J. R. Capablanca.