A New Treatise On The Game Of Chess On A Plan Of Progressive Improvement Hitherto Unattempted

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Excerpt from A New Treatise on the Game of Chess, on a Plan of Progressive Improvement Hitherto Unattempted, Vol. 1: Containing a Very Considerable Number of General Rules, Explanations, Notes and Examples; The Object of These Rules, &C. Is to Enable Unpractised Players to Avoid Crowded Games, to Bring Their Pieces Into Action Speedily and Properly Chess is a game unquestionably as difficult as it is instructive and interesting. Yet it cannot be denied that its difficulty is augmented in no small degree by the irregular and injudicious sys tem too frequently adopted by beginners. They attempt to play without possessing any know ledge of the method of opening a game, or of moving securely and advantageously their Pieces. Apprehensive of being defeated, they prefer con tending against players as inexperienced as them selves - both parties acquire numerous bad ha.preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A New Treatise of the Game of Chess, on a Plan of Progressive Improvement Hitherto Unattempted, Vol. 2: Containing a Very Considerable Number of General Rules, Explanations, Notes and Examples; The Object of These Rules &C. Is to Enable Unpractised Players to Avoid Crowded Games, to Bring Their Pieces Into Action Speedily and Properly (a) If, instead of this more, the B. Had played Kt. To K. Second square, you should take the K. Kt. P. With the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.