Chess Fundamentals In Algebraic Notation Illustrated

If you want to improve your chess, then study one of the all-time greats Soon after you learn to play chess you reach a level where just playing the game no longer helps you improve. You need to study to improve and there are a bewildering number of books to choose from. Many are aimed at advanced players. You just want a book that starts at the point where you are already familiar with the rules but not the concepts of strategy and tactics. In other words the fundamentals. This book has long been regarded as one of the gold standard chess books that everyone should read and read again to improve their chess. It has now been updated and converted to algebraic notation to aid the modern reader. Features 150 new board images. New Portrait of the Champion Notation Converted to Algebraic format to simplify reading This paperback is in grayscale. The corresponding eBook is in Color. You'll find the author's writing style plain and easy to understand. The great Botvinnik regarded Capablanca's book Chess Fundamentals as the best chess book ever written. If you are ready to make the breakthrough to the next level then scroll up and click the Add to Cart/Basket Button.

The author is a world chess champion and one of the greatest chess players in the history of chess. This book is one of the treasures in the chess literature. Although this is usually aimed at beginners, it contains valuable insights that can benefit chess players of all levels of understanding, including masters.

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Jose Capablanca's classic instructional manual 'Chess Fundamentals' first appeared in 1921, the year he defeated Emanuel Lasker for the world championship title. This handbook is packed with timeless advice on different aspects of practical play and illustrated by Capablanca's own games. Topics covered include first principles, planning, the initiative, endgame strategy, and much more. After capturing the world championship, Jose Capablanca was for a time regarded as practically invincible. However, after his upset defeat by Alexander Alekhine in 1927, Capablanca was never able to obtain a revenge match for the world title, though he remained one of the leading players during the 1930s.

Capablanca's Masterpiece now in Algebraic Notation Written with the novice chess player in mind, Chess Fundamentals equips you with the essential opening, middlegame, and endgame techniques needed to advance your game. Capablanca writes with an ease of understanding that any chess player will grasp, and includes 14 full games annotated by the World Champion himself. A true mountain of knowledge, Chess Fundamentals will take you from just knowing the rules of chess to applying the principles used by the masters.

Written by a Grand Master, this guide isolates basic elements and illustrates them through Master and Grand Master games, breaking down the mystique of strategy into easy-to-understand ideas.

The 100th anniversary edition includes: Modern Algebraic Notation Extra diagrams to make reading easier Single columns layout less condensed 287 pages (not compressed like other versions on the market) The layout also gives the reader the opportunity to take notes while reading. One of the classics in chess literature! Chess Fundamentals will serve as a guide for the player who wants to learn about the principles in endgame play, middlegame planning, general chess theory, how to play the opening, and the book includes 14 illustrative games by the former world champion. Former World Chess Champion, José Raúl Capablanca, wrote this classic book in 1921. Now 100 years later this masterpiece is still being read and referenced as a must-read chess book. Introduction to the book by José Raúl Capablanca (1934) Chess Fundamentals was first published thirteen years ago. Since then there have appeared at different times a number of articles dealing with the so-called Hypermodern Theory. Those who have read the articles may well have thought that something new, of vital importance, had been discovered. The fact is that the Hypermodern Theory is merely the application, during the opening stages generally, of the same old principles through the medium of somewhat new tactics. There has been no change in the fundamentals. The change has been only a change of form, and not always for the best at that. In chess, the tactics may change but the strategic fundamental principles are always the same so that Chess Fundamentals is as good now as it was thirteen years ago. It will be as good a hundred years from now; as long in fact as the laws and rules of the game remain what they are at present. The reader may therefore go over the contents of the book with the assurance that there is in it everything he needs, and that there is nothing to be added and nothing to be changed. Chess Fundamentals was the one standard work of its kind thirteen years ago and the author firmly believes that it is the one standard work of its kind now. J. R. CAPABLANCA New York Sept. 1, 1934

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