By Emanuel Lasker
"Lasker's handbook of Chess" is among the maximum chess books ever written. the truth that it was once first released over eighty years in the past has lowered neither its relevance nor value in trendy smooth chess world.
Lasker used to be either an excellent fighter and a deep philosopher; his booklet is the quintessence of the highly winning studies he had over many lengthy years, and his techniques approximately them. He teaches what he himself considers most vital: common ideas and techniques acceptable to any scenario. upon getting learn the "Manual", you'll develop into smarter - afterwards, this can be sure to assist you, either in chess and in life.
Emanuel Lasker, the second one global Champion, starts off on the most elementary point, explaining the board, the items, how they flow after which is going directly to describe the basics of chess procedure, chess strategies or even chess philosophy.
The result's one among most sensible chess books ever written. This twenty first Century version has been supplemented with dozens of archival photos of Lasker and his contemporaries. moreover, an enjoyable and instructive characteristic, "Lasker Lore," highlights the chess heritage and trivialities of the Lasker era.
Finally, if the importance of "Lasker's Chess Manual," had to provide extra, the best chess teacher of the trendy period, Mark Dvoretsky, has penned a different foreword to this re-creation of the mythical vintage.
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C6 7 c3 −when White has sidestepped the f7−f6 line of the next note. This was the way the Macieja−Ivanchuk game below began. cxd4 7 cxd4 f6 Black besieges White's centre head on... 34 XABCDEFGHY 8rsnlwqkvl-tr( 7zpp+n+-zpp' 6-+-+pzp-+& 5+-+pzP-+-% 4-+-zP-+-+$ 3+-+-+-+-# 2PzP-+NzPPzP" 1tR-vLQmKLsNR! and White counter attacks against the weakness created on e6. (Alternatively 8 f4 fxe5 9 fxe5 £h4+ XABCDEFGHY 8rsnl+kvl-tr( 7zpp+n+-zpp' 6-+-+p+-+& 5+-+pzP-+-% 4-+-zP-+-wq$ 3+-+-+-+-# 2PzP-+N+PzP" 1tR-vLQmKLsNR!
Instead 15 £xd4! £xd4? £a5+ 16 ¢e3 b6! Now Black will exchange bishops with Ba6 which will both expose the white king to attack and allow the weaknesses on the c file to be exploited. Lanc,A−Glek,I/Stare Mesto 1992. 12 £f4 XABCDEFGHY 8rsn-wqk+-tr( 7zpp+l+p+-' 6-+-+p+pzp& 5+-zppzP-+-% 4-+-zP-wQ-+$ 3+-zPL+N+-# 2P+PmK-zPPzP" 1tR-+-+-+R! xabcdefghy 12 ¦ab1 ¥c6 This is Black's optimum deployment of the bishop, but the drawback for an ambitious player is that it seems White can now force a draw. 52 XABCDEFGHY 8rsn-wqk+-tr( 7zpp+-+p+-' 6-+l+p+pzp& 5+-zppzP-+-% 4-+-zP-+Q+$ 3+-zPL+N+-# 2P+PmK-zPPzP" 1+R+-+-+R!
It is curious that Topalov deploys his pieces in an aggressive manner but then makes no attempt to attack. ¥a6 17 ¥xc5 ¤xc5 18 ¤g3 ¦fc8 19 ¦c1 a4 20 ¥xa6 ¦xa6 21 ¦hd1 Now White had to think purely about defence in Topalov−Morozevich/Sarajevo 1999. Alternatively 13 ¥xc5 is GM Apicella's pet system. ¤xc5 14 £d4 £c7 15 a3 White's plan unfolds. He takes a move to safeguard against b5−b4 and is now ready to attack on the kingside beginning with f4−f5. ¥d7 16 f5 ¦fc8!! This shows Gurevich's brilliant understanding of chess.