CHAPTER VI

FURTHER OPENINGS AND MIDDLE-GAMES

31. SOME SALIENT POINTS ABOUT PAWNS 143

32. SOME POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS FROM A RUY LOPEZ (showing the weakness of a backward Q B P; the power of a Pawn at K 5, etc.) 146

33. THE INFLUENCE OF A "HOLE" 150

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ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES

GAME.

1. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (MATCH, 1909) 159 White: F. J. Marshall. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

2. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (SAN SEBASTIAN, 1911) 163 White: A. K. Rubinstein. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

3. IRREGULAR DEFENCE (HAVANA, 1913) 169 White: D. Janowski. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

4. FRENCH DEFENCE (ST. PETERSBURG, 1913) 174 White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: E. A. Snosko-Borovski.

5. RUY LOPEZ (ST. PETERSBURG, 1914) 181 White: Dr. E. Lasker. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

6. FRENCH DEFENCE (RICE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, 1916) 189 White: O. Chajes. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

7. RUY LOPEZ (SAN SEBASTIAN, 1911) 197 White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: A. Burn.

8. CENTRE GAME (BERLIN, 1913) 201 White: J. Mieses. Black: J. R. Capablanca.

9. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (BERLIN, 1913) 209 White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: R. Teichmann.

10. PETROFF DEFENCE (ST. PETERSBURG, 1914) 215 White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: F. J. Marshall.

11. RUY LOPEZ (ST. PETERSBURG, 1914) 221 White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: D. Janowski.

12. FRENCH DEFENCE (NEW YORK, 1918) 225 White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: O. Chajes.

13. RUY LOPEZ (NEW YORK, 1918) 231 White: J. S. Morrison. Black: J.R. Capablanca.

14. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (NEW YORK, 1918) 238 White: F. J. Marshall. Black: J.R. Capablanca.

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CHESS FUNDAMENTALS

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