José Capablanca's classic instructional manual Chess Fundamentals first appeared in 1921, the year he defeated Emanuel Lasker for the world championship title. This handbook is packed with timeless advice on different aspects of practical play and illustrated by Capablanca's own games.

Topics covered include:

• First principles

• Planning

• The initiative

Endgame strategy... and much more

List of Content

001 PART I

001 Chapter 1: First Principles: Endings, Middlegame and Openings

001 01. Some Simple Mates

004 02. Pawn Promotion

006 03. Pawn Endings

009 04. Some Winning Positions in the Middlegame

011 05. Relative Value of the Pieces

012 06. General Strategy of the Opening

014 07. Control of the Centre

016 08. Traps

018 Chapter 2: Further Principles in Endgame Play

018 09. A Cardinal Principle

019 10. A Classical Ending

020 11. Obtaining a Passed Pawn

021 12. How to Find Out Which Pawn will be First to Queen

025 13. The Opposition

025 14. The Relative Value of Knight and Bishop

030 15. How to Mate with Knight and Bishop

031 16. Queen against Rook

Chapter 3: Planning a Win in Middlegame Play

034 17. Attacking without the Aid of Knights

035 18. Attacking with Knights as a Prominent Force

036 19. Winning by Indirect Attack

Chapter 4: General Theory

039 20. The Initiative

039 21. Direct Attacks en masse

041 22. The Force of the Threatened Attack

045 23. Relinquishing the Initiative

047 24. Cutting off Pieces from the Scene of Action

050 25. A Player's Moves Criticised in a Specimen Game

Chapter 5: Endgame Strategy

056 26. The Sudden Attack from a Different Side

061 27. The Danger of a Safe Position

062 28. Endings with One Rook and Pawns

064 29. A Difficult Ending: Two Rooks and Pawns

070 30. Rook, Bishop and Pawns v. Rook, Knight and Pawns

Chapter 6: Further Openings and Middlegames

072 31. Some Salient Points about Pawns

073 32. Some Possible Developments from a Ruy Lopez

076 33. The Influence of a 'Hole'

PART II Illustrative Games

081 01. FJ.Marshall - J.R.Capablanca, Match 1909

083 02. A. K. Rubinstein - J.R.Capablanca, San Sebastian 1911

086 03. D. Janowski - J.R. Capablanca, Havana 1913

088 04. J. R. Capablanca - E. A. Znosko-Borovsky, St. Petersburg 1913

091 05. Dr E. Lasker-J.R. Capablanca, St. Petersburg 1914

095 06. O. Chajes-J. R. Capablanca, Rice Memorial Tournament 1916

098 07. J. R. Capablanca - A. Burn, San Sebastian 1911

100 08. J. Mieses - J. R. Capablanca, Berlin 1913

104 09. J. R. Capablanca - R. Teichmann, Berlin 1913

107 10. J.R.Capablanca - FJ. Marshall, St. Petersburg 1914

110 11. J.R. Capablanca - D. Janowski, St. Petersburg 1914

111 12. J.R. Capablanca - O.Chajes, New York 1918

114 13. J.S. Morrison - J.R. Capablanca, New York 1918

118 14. FJ. Marshall - J.R. Capablanca, New York 1918