Chess Strategy
19. Ed. Lasker-Janowski (Scheveningen, 1913)
20. Ed. Lasker-Englund (Scheveningen, 1913)
21. Ed. Lasker-Aljechin (Scheveningen, 1913)
22. Forgacz-Tartakower (Petrograd, 1909)
23. Yates-Esser (Anglo-Dutch Match, 1914)
24. Atkins-Barry (Cable Match, 1910)
25. Em. Lasker-Tarrasch (Munich, 1908)
26. Capablanca-Blanco (Havanna, 1913)
27. Niemzowitsch-Tarrasch (San Sebastian, 1912)
28. Alapin-Rubinstein (Wilna, 1912)
29. Teichmann-Spielmann (Leipzig, 1914)
30. Tarrasch-Spielmann (Mannheim, 1914)
31. John-Janowski (Mannheim, 1914)
32. Ed. Laskcr-Mieses (Scheveningen, 1913)
33. Barasz-Mieses (Breslau, 1012)
34. Em. Lasker-Niemzowitsch (Petrograd, 1914)
35. Reti-Tartakower (Vienna, 1910)
36. Forgacz-E. Cohn (Petrograd, 1909)
37. Marshall-Capablanca (New York, 1909)
38. Rotlewi-Teichmann (Carlsbad, 1911)
38a. Rubinstein-Teichmann (Vienna, 1908)
39. Rotlewi-Rubinstein (Lodz, 1907)
40. Rubinstein-Capablanca (San Sebastian, 1911)
41. Niemzowitsch-Tarrasch (Petrograd, 1914)
41a. Em. Lasker-Bauer (Amsterdam, 1889)
42. Capablanca-Aljechin (Petrograd, 1913)
43. Capablanca-Bernstein (Petrograd, 1914)
44. Dus Chotimirski-Vidmar (Carlsbad, 1911)
45. Rubinstein-Spielmann (Pistyan, 1912)
46. Thomas-Ed. Lasker (London, 1912)
47. Tartakower-Asztalos (Budapest, 1913)
47a. Tartakower-Spielmann (Vienna, 1913)
47b. X v. Y
48. Blackburne-Niemzowitsch (Petrograd, 1914)
TABLE OF OPENINGS
A. King's Pawn Games
B. Queen's Pawn Games
C. Irregular Openings
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
As the first edition of Edward Laskcr's CHESS STRATEGY was
exhausted within a comparatively short time of its appearance,
the author set himself the task of altering and improving the
work to such an extent that it became to all intents and purposes
a new book. I had the privilege of co-operating with him to a
slight degree on that second edition, and was in consequence able
to appreciate the tremendous amount of work he voluntarily took
upon himself to do; I say voluntarily, because his publishers,
anxious to supply the strong demand for the book, wished to
reprint it as it stood.
A little later I undertook to translate this second edition into
English for Messrs. Bell & Sons. Only a few months had elapsed,
the tournaments at Petrograd, Chester, and Mannheim had taken
place, several new discoveries had been made, and it is the
greatest testimony to Edward Lasker's indefatigable devotion to
the Art of Chess that I am able to say that this is not a
translation of the second edition, but of what is practically a
new book. It contains a new preface, a chapter for beginners, a
new introduction, new variations. Furthermore, a large number of
new games have taken the place of old ones.
I have no doubt that any chess player who will take the trouble
to study CHESS STRATEGY will spend many a pleasurable hour.
Incidentally new vistas will be opened to him, and his playing
strength increased to a surprising degree.
The author says in his preface that he appeals to the
intelligence and not the memory of his readers. In my opinion,
too, the student should above all try to improve his judgment of
position.
Than the playing over of games contested by experts I can hardly
imagine a greater or purer form of enjoyment. Yet I must at the
outset sound a note of warning against its being done
superficially, and with a feverish expectation of something
happening. Every move or combination of moves should be carefully
weighed, and the student should draw his own conclusions and
compare them with what actually happens in the game under
examination.
This applies particularly to some of the critical positions set
out in diagrams in the course of the exposition of the several
games.
The reader would derive the greatest possible benefit from a
prolonged study of such positions before seeking to know how the
games proceed. After having formed his own opinion about the
merits of a particular position, he should compare the result
with the sequel in the game in question, and thus find out where
his judgment has been at fault.
The deeper study of the theory of the openings is of course a
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