Image from page 126 of Chess fundamentals (1921)

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Image from page 126 of Chess fundamentals (1921)

Identifier: chessfundamental00capa Title: Chess fundamentals Year: 1921 (1920s) Authors: Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942 Subjects: Chess Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace and company [etc., etc.] Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: nd all my previousefforts would have been in vain. Unfortunately, thatis very often the case among the large majority ofplayers; they are weak in the endings; a failing fromwhich masters of the first rank are at times not free. END-GAME STRATEGY III Incidentally, I might call attention to the fact thatall the worlds champions of the last sixty years havebeen exceedingly strong in the endings: JNIorphy,Steinitz, and Dr. Lasker had no superiors in thisdepartment of the game while they held their titles. 26. THE SUDDEN ATTACK FROM ADIFFERENT SIDE I have pre\iously stated, when speaking aboutgeneral theory, that at times the way to win consistsin attacking first on one side, then, granted greatermobility of the pieces, to transfer the attack quicklyfrom one side to the other, breaking through beforeyour opponent has been able to bring up sufficientforces to withstand the attack. This principle of themiddle-game can sometimes be applied in the endingsin somewhat similar manner. Example 56. Text Appearing After Image: 112 THE SUDDEN ATTACK In the above position I, with the Black pieces, played: I R—K 5 ch 2. R—K2 R—QRs 3. R—R2 P-KR4 The idea, as will be seen very soon, is to play P — R 5in order to fix Whites Kings side Pawns with a viewto the future. It is evident to Black that Whitewants to brmg his King to Q Kt 3 to support histwo weak isolated Pawns, and thus to free his Rooks.Black, therefore, makes a plan to shift the attack tothe Kings side at the proper time, in order to obtainsome advantage from the greater mobihty of hisRooks. 4. R-Qi R(Q4)-QR4 in order to force the Rook to Rooks square, keepingboth Rooks tied up. 5. R(Qi)-Ri P-R5 6. K—Q 2 K—Kt 2 7. K—B 2 R—KKt4 Black begins to transfer his attack to the Kings side. 8. R—KKt I A serious mistake, which loses quickly. White shouldhave played 8 K —Kt 3, when Black would haveanswered 8.. .R (R 5) — R 4; 9 P — B 3, and Blackwould have obtained an opening at K Kt 6 for hisKing, which in the end might give him the victo Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.