Chess and Checkers : the Way to Mastership

Name: Chess and Checkers : the Way to Mastership
Author: Edward Lasker

by Edward Lasker

Pages: about 200
Category: Literature & Fiction
Language: English
Reading time: 3.7 h at 250 wpm

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From the opening

Board and men The moves of the men Special terms Symbols for moves Chess laws
Fundamental endings Relative value of the men How the different men cooperate Sacrificing
Game No. 2: Edward Lasker vs. Jose R. Capablanca, New York, 1915
The first position The second position The change of the move The third position The fourth position The fifth position
The following is an e-text of "Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership," by Edward Lasker, copyright 1918, printed in New York.
This e-text contains the 118 chess and checkers board game diagrams appearing in the original book, plus an extra chess diagram that appears on the front cover of the book, all in the form of ASCII line drawings. The following is a key to the diagrams:
R = Rook Kt = Knight B = Bishop Q = Queen K = King P = Pawn
Black pieces have a # symbol to the left of them, while white pieces have a ^ symbol to the left of them. For example, #B is the Black bishop, while ^B is the white bishop. #Kt is the black knight, while ^Kt is the white knight. This will let the reader instantly tell by sight which pieces in the ASCII chess diagrams are black and which are white.
Those who find these diagrams hard to read should feel free to set up them up on a game board using the actual pieces.
The present world war has given great impetus to the game of Chess. In the prison camps, in the field hospitals, in the training camps and even in the trenches Chess has become a favorite occupation in hours of leisure, not only because it offers a most fascinating pastime, but mainly because it serves beyond any doubt to develop what is now the most interesting study for every soldier--the grasp of the principles underlying military strategy and the ability to conceive and to carry out military operations on a large scale.

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Chess and Checkers : the Way to Mastership

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