The Game of Chess (Paperback, Facsimile edition)

"I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. The way to this happiness I have tried to show in this book." -- Author's Preface
While there are many chess instruction books available, few have achieved the lofty stature of the present volume. Fewer still have been written by a legendary International Grandmaster whose pedagogical skills rivaled the chess prowess that enabled him to demolish opponents at the board. An immediate success upon its first publication, "The Game of Chess" has become one of the game's enduring classics, considered by some critics the finest book ever written on the game.
Part of its success stems from Dr. Tarrasch's unorthodox approach to teaching chess: "I employ quite another method and one analogous to that a mother uses to teach her child to talk. I play with the beginner from the very start in that I put before him simple positions and from them explain the fundamentals of chess. It is the intuitive method of instruction. In this way the pupil learns chess quite easily, of that I am convinced."
To make it easier for the beginning student, Dr. Tarrasch also reverses the order in which the game is usually taught. Instead, he begins with the End-Game, since "obviously it is easier for the beginner to deal with a few men than the entire thirty-two." Then follows the heart of the book, an important and extensive discussion of the Middle Game. Analyzing the most important parts of hundreds of games, Tarrasch presents a comprehensive treatment of combination play, an aspect of chess for which he was especially renowned. Finally, he deals with the most complex part of the game -- the Opening -- and offers enlightening comments on many historically important variations.
Illustrated with over 340 diagrams and including 12 complete games, "The Game of Chess" remains one of the standard texts, a careful reading of which will improve the game of any player.

General

Imprint:	Dover Publications Inc.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Dover Chess
Release date:	December 1988
First published:	November 2011
Authors:	Siegbert Tarrasch
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	423
Edition:	Facsimile edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-486-25447-0
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Hobbies, quizzes & games > Indoor games > Board games > Chess
LSN:	0-486-25447-X
Barcode:	9780486254470

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