| Author | : Irving Chernev |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 317 |
| Release | : 2012-09-26 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 0486138445 |
DIV60 complete games, annotated throughout but emphasizing endings that seem like long-contemplated works of art. /div
| Author | : Jos Ra£l Capablanca |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 1982-01-01 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 9780486242491 |
These 60 complete games, annotated throughout, emphasize the Cuban master's elegant, classic, accurate, lethal endgame play against Alekhine, Lasker, Marshall, Nimzowitsch, Réti, the best. Here are real games from match and tournament play, with endings that seem like long-contemplated works of art.
| Author | : José Raúl Capablanca |
| Publisher | : Mundus Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 1921 |
| Genre | : Chess |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Harry Golombek |
| Publisher | : Hardinge Simpole Limited |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2004-04-01 |
| Genre | : Games |
| ISBN | : 9781843821298 |
Jose Capablanca was a phenomenon who burst onto the chess world and took top prize in the first ever elite tournament in which he participated. This was at San Sebastian - otherwise known as Donostia - in the Basque country of Spain in 1911. Capablanca's style was serene - no position seemed to trouble him, and he crushed most of the established European grandmasters with seemingly little effort. Only against the mighty Lasker did he experience serious problems. Then in 1921 Capa - as he was known - obliterated Lasker in their world title match and took the championship without losing a single game. Other triumphs followed, such as London 1922, and Capablanca acquired the legend of an invincible superman when he went for 8 years without losing a game! His supreme moment was in New York 1927 - a quadruple round trial of strength between Capa himself Alekhine, Nimzowitsch and three other contenders for the crown. Capa whitewashed the field, creating a fresh masterpiece practically every day. Possibly this easy victory left him over-confident for later the same year he lost his world title to Alekhine.
| Author | : Steve Giddins |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 9781857446944 |
Endgame expert Steve Giddins examines 50 of the finest examples of endgame play in the history of chess and covers the essential principles of winning endgame play.
| Author | : Frisco Del Rosario |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010-10-16 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 9781936277025 |
Jose Raul Capablanca is renowned for his exquisite positional play and flawless endgame technique. But The Chess Machine was also a master of that other way to deliver mate: the attack on the enemy king.In this groundbreaking work, award-winning chess coach and author Frisco Del Rosario shines a long-overdue light on this neglected aspect of Capablanca's record. He illustrates how the Cuban genius used positional concepts to build up irresistible king hunts, embodying the principles of good play advocated by the unequaled teacher, C.J.S. Purdy. The author also identifies an overlooked checkmate pattern - Capablanca's Mate - that aspiring attackers can add to the standard catalogue in Renaud and Kahn's The Art of the Checkmate. As Del Rosario shows, Capablanca has inspired not only generations of players, but also many of the classics of chess literature.Easy to read but chock-full of advice for study and practical play, Capablanca: A Primer of Checkmate fills a gaping hole in our understanding of the third World Champion.
| Author | : Karsten Muller |
| Publisher | : Gambit Publications |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Chess |
| ISBN | : 9781904600862 |
In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, M�ller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board. Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions. Major topics include: * Basic Principles and Methods * Activity * Schematic Thinking * The Fight for the Initiative * Prophylaxis and Preventing Counterplay * The Bishop-Pair in the Endgame * Domination * The Art of Defence * Typical Mistakes * Rules of Thumb
| Author | : Jeremy Silman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006-02 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 9781890085100 |
A famed writer, speaker, player and international master has created the one and only endgame book chess enthusiasts need as they move up the ladder from beginner to tournament player to possession of the coveted master title.
| Author | : Fred Reinfeld |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2012-09-05 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 0486143058 |
Superbly annotated treasury contains 113 of the Cuban master's greatest games, including many previously unavailable in book form. Biography of Capablanca, tournament and match record, Index of Openings.
