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LIST OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER IV

General Theory

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20.
The Initiative
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77
21.
Direct Attacks en massr
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78
22.
The Force of the Threatened Attack
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82
23.
Relinquishing the Initiative
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89
24.
Cutting off Pieces from the Scene of Action
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94
25.
A Player's Motives Criticised in a Specimen Game
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99

CHAPTER V

End-game Strategy

26.
The Sudden Attack from a Different Side
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111
27.
The Danger of a Safe Position
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120
28.
Endings with one Rook and Pawns
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127
29.
A Difficult Ending: Two Rooks and Pawns
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127
30.
Rook, Bishop and Pawns v. Rook, Knight and Pawns
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138

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

CHAPTER VI

Furthier Openings and Middle-Games

31.
Some Salient Points about Pawns
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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.)
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146
33.
The Influence of a "Hole"
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150