{"product_id":"2940013811270","title":"Chess Fundamentals [Illustrated]","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS \u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eFirst Principles: Endings, Middle-game and Openings\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Some Simple Mates  \u003cbr\u003e2. Pawn Promotion  \u003cbr\u003e3. Pawn Endings  \u003cbr\u003e4. Some Winning Positions in the Middle-game  \u003cbr\u003e5. Relative Value of the Pieces  \u003cbr\u003e6. General Strategy of the Opening  \u003cbr\u003e7. Control of the Centre  \u003cbr\u003e8. Traps  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eFurther Principles in End-game Play\u003cbr\u003e9. A Cardinal Principle  \u003cbr\u003e10. A Classical Ending  \u003cbr\u003e11. Obtaining a Passed Pawn  \u003cbr\u003e12. How to find out which Pawn will be the first to Queen  \u003cbr\u003e13. The Opposition  \u003cbr\u003e14. The Relative Value of Knight and Bishop  \u003cbr\u003e15. How to Mate with Knight and Bishop  \u003cbr\u003e16. Queen against Rook  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003ePlanning a Win in Middle-game Play\u003cbr\u003e17. Attacking without the aid of Knights  \u003cbr\u003e18. Attacking with Knights as a Prominent Force  \u003cbr\u003e19. Winning by Indirect Attack  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Theory\u003cbr\u003e20. The Initiative  \u003cbr\u003e21. Direct Attacks en masse  \u003cbr\u003e22. The Force of the Threatened Attack  \u003cbr\u003e23. Relinquishing the Initiative  \u003cbr\u003e24. Cutting off Pieces from the Scene of Action  \u003cbr\u003e25. A Player's Motives Criticised in a Specimen Game  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eEnd-game Strategy\u003cbr\u003e26. The Sudden Attack from a Different Side  \u003cbr\u003e27. The Danger of a Safe Position  \u003cbr\u003e28. Endings with one Rook and Pawns  \u003cbr\u003e29. A Difficult Ending: Two Rooks and Pawns  \u003cbr\u003e30. Rook, Bishop and Pawns v. Rook, Knight and Pawns\u003cbr\u003e(A Final Example of preserving Freedom whilst\u003cbr\u003eimposing restraint.)  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eFurther Openings and Middle-games\u003cbr\u003e31. Some Salient Points about Pawns  \u003cbr\u003e32. Some Possible Developments from a Ruy Lopez\u003cbr\u003e(showing the weakness of a backward QBP; the\u003cbr\u003epower of a Pawn at K5, etc.)  \u003cbr\u003e33. The Influence of a \"Hole\"  \u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eILLUSTRATIVE GAMES\u003cbr\u003eGAME.\u003cbr\u003e1. Queen's Gambit Declined (Match, 1909)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: F. J. Marshall. Black: J. R. Capablanca.  \u003cbr\u003e2. Queen's Gambit Declined (San Sebastian, 1911)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: A. K. Rubinstein. Black: J. R. Capablanca.  \u003cbr\u003e3. Irregular Defence (Havana, 1913)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: D. Janowski. Black: J. R. Capablanca.  \u003cbr\u003e4. French Defence (St. Petersburg, 1913)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: J. R. Capablanca. Black: E. A. Snosko-Borovski.  \u003cbr\u003e5. Ruy Lopez (St. Petersburg, 1914)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: Dr. E. Lasker. Black: J. R. Capablanca.  \u003cbr\u003e6. French Defence (Rice Memorial Tournament, 1916)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: O. Chajes. Black: J. R. Capablanca.  \u003cbr\u003e7. Ruy Lopez (San Sebastian, 1911)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: J. R. Capablanca. Black: A. Burn.  \u003cbr\u003e8. Centre Game (Berlin, 1913)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: J. Mieses. Black: J. R. Capablanca.  \u003cbr\u003e9. Queen's Gambit Declined (Berlin, 1913)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: J. R. Capablanca. Black: R. Teichmann.  \u003cbr\u003e10. Petroff Defence (St. Petersburg, 1914)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: J. R. Capablanca. Black: F. J. Marshall.  \u003cbr\u003e11. Ruy Lopez (St. Petersburg, 1914)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: J. R. Capablanca. Black: D. Janowski.  \u003cbr\u003e12. French Defence (New York, 1918)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: J. R. Capablanca. Black: O. Chajes.  \u003cbr\u003e13. Ruy Lopez (New York, 1918)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: J. S. Morrison. Black: J.R. Capablanca.  \u003cbr\u003e14. Queen's Gambit Declined (New York, 1918)\u003cbr\u003eWhite: F. J. Marshall. Black: J.R. Capablanca.","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083179540720,"sku":"2940013811270","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013811270_p0.jpg?v=1763595013","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013811270","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}