Reinfeld not only taught us how to play the game well, but also implanted in us his enthusiastic passion for learning. His books are peppered throughout with words and phrases in italics to emphasize ideas. Moves are punctuated with single, double, and even triple exclamation marks and question marks to span the entire spectrum of emotions the moves conjure up.
The Complete Chess Course is filled with advice on how to play better chess, regardless of how strong or weak a player you may be. It begins with the most fundamental ideas, reviewing the basic moves of the pieces and pawns, and continues with fantastic examples from the very best players.
You are taken through a full course of chess strategy and tactics; he introduces us to the nine bad moves and how to refute them as well as how to avoid making them.
You learn how to handle the white pieces and how to fight back with the black pieces. You get a much-needed lesson on how to win the game when you have gained a big advantage, and another, equally important lesson on how to put up the stiffest resistance when in an inferior position.
You get treated to a full spectrum of the many ways to make the most of whatever position you get in one of the best chapters of any book: Book Six on How to Fight Back. Reinfeld guides you through some master games, revealing the secrets of their struggles to overcome strong resistance.
These secrets include how to meet the crisis; how to simplify; and the point of no return.
Finally, you are treated to an introduction to the major openings, including what to strive for in gambits, classical structures, hypermodern structures, as well as off beat lines. Hint: play to control the center and develop your pieces.
Absorb the material included in this volume and you will play chess at a fairly high level.
SPIS TREŚCI:
005 From the Editor
006 Introduction
Book One – The Basic Rules of Chess
008 How the Pieces Move
013 Check and Checkmate
016 Castling
018 Additional Powers of the Pawn
020 How the Moves Are Recorded
025 Relative Values of the Chess Forces
025 How Games Are Drawn
Book Two – The Nine Bad Moves
030 (1) Neglecting Development of Your Pieces
035 (2) Exposing Your King to Attack
039 (3) Making Too Many Queen Moves in the Opening
042 (4) Grabbing Pawns Thoughtlessly
047 (5) Weakening Your Castled Position
054 (6) Getting Pinned
060 (7) Failing to Guard against Captures
064 (8) Underestimating Your Opponent’s Threats
068 (9) Losing a Won Game
Book Three – How to Play the White Pieces
074 (1) How to Control the Center
077 (2) How to Exploit Your Superior Development
082 (3) How to Exploit Your Superior Mobility
087 (4) How to Exploit Black’s Premature Opening Up of the Position
091 (5) How to Exploit Black’s Premature Counterattack
094 (6) How to Exploit Black’s Weakening Pawn Moves
100 (7) How to Exploit Black’s Errors of Judgment
105 (8) Opening Mistakes White Should Avoid
Book Four – How to Play the Black Pieces
108 (1) How to Exploit White’s Weaknesses
115 (2) How to Seize the Initiative
120 (3) How to Play against Gambits
127 (4) How to Defend against a Powerful Attack
135 (5) How to Seize the Attack
138 (6) Opening Mistakes Black Should Avoid
Book Five – How to Win When You’re Ahead
142 (1) Superior Force Should Win!
147 (2) The Power of Pawn Promotion
150 (3) King and Pawn Endings
154 (4) Endgames with a Piece Ahead
157 (5) Endgames with the Exchange Ahead
160 (6) Rook and Pawn Endings
165 (7) Endings with Minor Pieces
169 (8) Sundry Endings
172 (9) How to Simplify into a Won Ending
176 (10) Exceptions: Material Advantage Doesn’t Always Win
179 (11) Beware of Overconfidence!
Book Six – How to Fight Back
184 (1) Counterattack – How to Meet the Crisis
188 (2) Resourceful Defense – How to Simplify
193 (3) Half a Point Is Better than None
197 (4) The Defense Fumbles
201 (5) How to Fight Back: Practical Examples
231 (6) Point of No Return
Book Seven – How to Play the e-pawn Openings
220 Center Game
220 Danish Gambit
221 Bishop’s Opening
222 Vienna Game
223 King’s Gambit
226 King’s Gambit Declined
226 Falkbeer Counter Gambit
227 Latvian Counter Gambit
228 Philidor’s Defense
229 Petroff’s Defense
229 Scotch Game
230 Ponziani Opening
231 Hungarian Defense
231 Giuoco Piano
233 Evans Gambit
234 Two Knights’ Defense
235 Max Lange Attack
236 Four Knights’ Game (including Three Knights’ Game)
237 Ruy Lopez
242 French Defense
245 Sicilian Defense
248 Caro-Kann Defense
249 Alekhine’s Defense
251 Scandinavian Defense
251 Nimzovich Defense
252 Pirc Defense
Book Eight – How to Play the d-pawn Openings
254 Queen’s Gambit Declined
265 Albin Counter Gambit
266 Queen’s Gambit Accepted
267 Miscellaneous Double d-pawn Openings
269 Nimzo-Indian Defense
270 Queen’s Indian Defense
275 King’s Indian Defense
277 Grünfeld Defense
280 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
280 Budapest Defense
281 Benoni Defense
282 Dutch Defense
283 Réti Opening
285 Catalan System
285 English Opening
287 Bird’s Opening
288 Editorial Notes
