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CHESS
FUNDAMENTALS
BY
JOSE’ R. CAPABLANCA
CHESS CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY
LONDON: G. BELL AND SONS, LTD.
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Preface
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 it 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
Contents
Chapter 7
Illustrative Games
Game 1 Marshall, F – Capablanca, J 1-0 45
Game 2 Rubinstein, A - Capablanca, J 1-0 46
Game 3 Janowski, D - Capablanca, J 1-0 47
Game 4 Capablanca, J - Znosko Borovsky, E 0-1 48
Game 5 Lasker, E - Capablanca, J 1-0 49
Game 6 Chajes, O - Capablanca, J 1-0 51
Game 7 Capablanca, J - Burn, A 1-0 53
Game 8 Mieses, J - Capablanca , J 0-1 54
Game 9 Capablanca, J - Teichmann, R 1-0 55
Chapter 1
First Principles
1. Simple Mates 1
2. Pawn Promotion 3
3. Pawn Endings 4
4. Some Winning Positions in the Middlegame 6
5. Relative Value of the Pieces 8
6. General Strategy of the Opening 9
7. Control of the Centre 9
8. Traps 11
Game 10 Capablanca, J – Marshall, F 1-0 56
Game 11 Capablanca, J - Janowski, D 1-0 57
Chapter 2
Endgame Principles
9. A Cardinal Principle 12
10. A Classical Ending 12
11. Obtaining a Passed Pawn 13
12. How to find out Which Pawn will be First to
Queen 14
13. The Opposition 14
14. The Relative Value of Knight and Bishop 16
15. How to Mate with a Knight and a Bishop 20
16. Queen against Rook 20
Game 12 Capablanca, J – Chajes, O 1-0 58
Game 13 Morrison, J - Capablanca, J 0-1 59
Game 14 Marshall, F - Capablanca, J 0-1 60
Chapter 3
Planning a Win in Middlegame Play
17. Attacking Without the Aid of Knights 22
18. Attacking with Knights as a Prominent Force 23
19. Winning by Indirect Attack 24
Chapter 4
General Theory
20. The Initiative 25
21. Direct Attacks en Masse 25
22. The Force of the Threatened Attack 26
23. Relinquishing the Initiative 27
24. Cutting Off Pieces from the Scene of Action 28
25. A Player's Motives Criticized in a Specimen
Game 30
Chapter 5
Endgame Strategy
26. The Sudden Attack from a Different Side 32
27. The Danger of a Safe Position 34
28. Endings with One Rook and Pawns 35
29. A Difficult Ending: Two Rooks and Pawns 36
30. Rook, Bishop and Pawns vs. Rook, Knight and
Pawns 38
Chapter 6
Further Openings and Middlegames
31. Some Salient Points about Pawns 40
32. Some Possible Developments from a Ruy Lopez
41
33. The Influence of a "Hole" 42
Chapter 1
First Principles
Endings, Middlegame and Openings
In the ending of Rook and King against King, the
principle is to drive the opposing King to the last line
of any side of the board.
1. Simple Mates
The first thing a student should do, is to familiarize
himself with the power of the pieces. This can best be
done by learning how to accomplish quickly some of
the simple mates.
In this position it took eleven moves to mate, and,
under any conditions, I believe it should be done in
under twenty. While it may be monotonous, it is worth
while for the beginner to practice such things, as it will
teach him the proper handling of his pieces.
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