Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca
- He teaches you fundamentals of endgames, middlegames, openings
- He shows you the value of the Initiative which I don't see covered a lot.
- He shows you some checkmate patterns and much much more
- in 67 pages
And it is also available for free since the copyright has expired (it was published in 1921)
"I have known many chess players, but only one chess genius: Capablanca." - Emanuel Lasker
"It is free"
But where to get it from?
@tpr have you read Lasker's Manual of chess? What do you think about it?
Dvoretsky's endgame manual
@noobdefender do you defend noobs or are you a noob in defending?
@Ihavenothing both
@Archer66 every book you read improves your chess doesnt matter what so I disagree
Yeah, I have read all this ancient stuff. Nice memories, but if you wanna become good better read Rowson (7 Sins, Zebras), Watson's SOMCS, Nunn's SOPC, Hendriks MFTL.
"Chess theory is not the mother but the daughter of chess practice, and progress in the history of chess is mainly the result of the bottom-up accumulation of small bits of knowledge, not of some brilliant ‚top-down‘ theories. And on the individual level, this same accumulation is the motor of improvement and the source of understanding." Hendriks
PS: Those 67 page by Capablanca is a nice read like a novel, but after the lecture you are no ounce better.
Aw, Capa's a mensch, Sarg! (Sounds like all that silicon may be cloggin' up yer noggin.)
Just the "one pawn holds two" thing alone is worth the (free) price of admission. Not to mention that 2 vs 1 pawn ending--which incidentally orangehonda arrived at independently (on Another Network).
