Chess Strategy by Edward Lasker

by Edward Lasker

Not to be confused with Emanuel Lasker who was a distant relative, Edward Lasker won five U.S. Open Chess Championships.

CONTENTS

PART I

I. INTRODUCTORY

I. Rules of the Game
II. Notation

II. HINTS FOR BEGINNERS

Elementary Combinations
Simple Calculation
Complications

III. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHESS STRATEGY

Introductory
Balance of Attack and Defence
Mobility

IV. THE OPENING

Development of the Pieces
On Losing Moves
Examples of Practical Play
Pawn Play
Pawn Skeleton
The Centre
A. King's Pawn Games
B. Queen's Pawn Games
C. Irregular Openings

V. THE END-GAME

End-games with Pieces
Pawn Endings
Mixed Endings

END-GAMES FROM MASTER-PLAY

Teichmann-Blackburne (Berlin, 1897)
Ed. Lasker-Rotlewi (Hamburg, 1910)
Blackburne-Schlechter (Vienna, 1898)
Bird-Janowski (Hastings, 1895)
Steiner-Forgacz (Szekesfehervar, 1907)
Charousek-Heinrichsen (Cologne, 1898)

VI. THE MIDDLE GAME

General Remarks
Evolution of the Pawn Skeleton
Objects of Attack
"Backward" Pawns
On Fixing a Weakness
Weaknesses in a Pawn Position
Breaking up the King's Side
Doubled Pawns
Illustrations--
v. Scheve-Teichmann (Berlin, 1907)
Marshall-Burn (Ostend, 1907)
Manoeuvres of the Pieces Open Files and Diagonals
Example--
Fred. Lazard-Ed. Lasker (Paris, 1914)

PART II

ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES FROM MASTER TOURNAMENTS

1. Tartakower-Burn (Carlsbad, 1911)
2. Leonhardt-Marshall (San Sebastian, 1911)
3. Spielmann-Prokes (Prag, 1908)
4. Tarrasch-Capablanca (San Sebastian, 1911)
4a. Howell-Michell (Cable Match, 1907)
4b. X. v. Y
5. Griffith-Gunston (London, 1902)
6. Mason-Gunsberg (New York, 1889)
7. Marshall-Tarrasch (Hamburg, 1910)
8. Blackburne-Em. Lasker (Petrograd, 1914)
9. Salwe-Marshall (Vienna, 1908)
10. Teichmann-Amateurs (Glasgow, 1902)
11. Schlechter-Janowski (Paris, 1900)
12. Teichmann-Rubinstein (Carlsbad, 1911)
13. Teichmann-Schlechter (Carlsbad, 1911)
14. Spielmann-Tarrasch (San Sebastian, 1912)
15. Aljechin-Niemzowitsch (Petrograd, 1914)
16. Yates-Gunsberg (Chester, 1914)
17. Berlin-Riga (1908-1909)
17a. Maroczy-Berger (Vienna, 1908)
18. Em. Lasker-Capablanca (Petrograd, 1914)
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.

248 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 10, 2011

About the author

Edward Lasker (December 3, 1885 – March 25, 1981) was a German-American chess and Go player. He was awarded the title of International Master of chess by FIDE. Lasker was an engineer by profession, and an author of books on Go, chess and checkers. Born in Germany, he emigrated to the United States in 1914. He was distantly related to Chess World Champion Emanuel Lasker.

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