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LXCAPAPOC

A Primer of Chess

149 pages, paperback, Reprint, Everyman, 1. edition 1995, original edition 1935

From the series »Everyman Chess Classics«

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Former world champion Jose Capablanca's introduction to chess, available for the first time in English in algebraic notation, is an ideal first chess book for players of all ages. In systematic fashion, Capablanca lucidly explains the rules and basic principles of this fascinating game, and illustrates these with a wide range of practical examples.

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Weight 200 g
Manufacturer Everyman
Width 14.5 cm
Height 21.1 cm
Medium Book
Year of Publication 1995
Author José Raul Capablanca
Series Everyman Chess Classics
Language English
Edition 1
ISBN-13 978-1781943366
Year of Original Version 1935
Pages 149
Binding paperback

Contents

001 Introduction

Part One

003 1 The Game, the Men, their Moves, and the Object of the Game

003 The game

004 The moves

007 Check and checkmate

008 Stalemate

008 Castling

010 Chess notation

011 Taking "en passant"

013 2

The Way to Learn and to Improve Your Game

014 Simple mates

018 Simple endings, pawn promotion

020 Two pawns against one pawn

023 Relative value of the pieces

025 3

The Openings from an Elementary Point of View

030 The middlegame

037 The endgame

042 4

Main Rules and Ethics of the Game

Part Two

044 Introduction

048 1

The Endings

052 A classical ending

053 Obtaining a passed pawn

054 How to find out which pawn will be first to queen

055 The opposition

057 The relative value of knight and bishop

062 How to mate with a knight and bishop

063 Queen against rook

066 2

The Middlegame

070 Centre squares

071 Pawn formations

073 Castled pawn formation

075 Type positions and combinations

078 Valuation of position in the middlegame

086 3

The Openings

091 Ruy Lopez

095 King's Gambit

096 King's Bishop Gambit

097 Centre Game

097 Centre Gambit

098 Queen's Gambit

111 Synthesis of general theory

Part Three

114 Illustrative Games

115 1 Dr E.Lasker-J.R.Capablanca, 10th game, Havana 1921

119 2 J.R.Capablanca-Dr E.Lasker, 11th game, Havana 1921

122 3 J.R.Capablanca-Dr M.Vidmar, London 1922

124 4 J.R.Capablanca-E.D.Bogoljubow, London 1922

127 5 J.R.Capablanca-E.D.Bogoljubow, Moscow 1925

129 6 J.R.Capablanca-Dr M.Vidmar, New York 1927

132 7 J.R.Capablanca-R.Spielmann, New York 1927

133 8 A.Nimzowitsch-J.R.Capablanca, New York 1927

137 9 A.Nimzowitsch-J.R.Capablanca, New York 1927

140 10 J.R.Capablanca-A.Rubinstein, Berlin 1928

143 11 J.R.Capablanca-Dr M.Euwe, match, Holland 1930

146 12 J.R.Capablanca-Dr M.Euwe, match, Holland 1930

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