"I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. The way to this happiness I have tried to show in this book." — Author's Preface While there are many chess instruction books available, few have achieved the lofty stature of the present volume. Fewer still have been written by a legendary International Grandmaster whose pedagogical skills rivaled the chess prowess that enabled him to demolish opponents at the board. An immediate success upon its first publication, The Game of Chess has become one of the game's enduring classics, considered by some critics the finest book ever written on the game. Part of its success stems from Dr. Tarrasch's unorthodox approach to teaching chess: "I employ quite another method and one analogous to that a mother uses to teach her child to talk. I play with the beginner from the very start in that I put before him simple positions and from them explain the fundamentals of chess. It is the intuitive method of instruction. In this way the pupil learns chess quite easily, of that I am convinced." To make it easier for the beginning student, Dr. Tarrasch also reverses the order in which the game is usually taught. Instead, he begins with the End-Game, since "obviously it is easier for the beginner to deal with a few men than the entire thirty-two." Then follows the heart of the book, an important and extensive discussion of the Middle Game. Analyzing the most important parts of hundreds of games, Tarrasch presents a comprehensive treatment of combination play, an aspect of chess for which he was especially renowned. Finally, he deals with the most complex part of the game — the Opening — and offers enlightening comments on many historically important variations. Illustrated with over 340 diagrams and including 12 complete games, The Game of Chess remains one of the standard texts, a careful reading of which will improve the game of any player.

The Game of Chess (Dover Chess)

Humor & Entertainment

Tarrasch, Siegbert

Puzzles & Games

Dover Publications

Dr. Tarrasch and augmented by notes of many other famous players such as Alekhine, Lasker, Marco, Bernstein, Reinfeld. An extremely good tournament book for one of the greatest chess tournaments all time. Lasker just beat out Capablanca, followed by Alekhine, Tarrasch, Marshall and other greats of the day.

St. Petersburg 1914

Caissa Editions

The book of the international chess tournament at Nuremburg 1896, the high water mark of 19th century chess with notes by Dr. Tarrasch and other contemporaries. Translated and edited with commentary including a preface to every game. Algebraic notation.

Nuremberg 1896 International Chess Tournament

Das Schachspiel. Systematisches Lehrbuch für Anfänger und Geübte.

Teschner, Rudolf

Junker, Karl

Edition Olms

Das Schachspiel: Systematisches Lehrbuch für Anfänger und Geübte

Jens-Erik Rudolph Verlag

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Tarrasch 300 Chess Games (Russian Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Ishi Press

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