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• . Dnf ^ ck^' A comprehensive guide for self-study and review Milton L.Hanauer CHESS MADE SIMPLE Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/chessmadesimpleOOmilt CHESS MADE SIMPLE BY MILTON L.HANAUER,M.S.,J.D. Director of N.Y.C. Interscholastic Chess League Former N.Y. State Champion Member, U.S. International Team MADE SIMPLE BOOKS DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK Copyright © 1957 by Doubleday 4 Company, All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 13 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHESS 14 CHAPTER I THE PIECES AND THE BOARD 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 The Pieces The King Queen Bishop Rook Knight Pawn The Board: The Field of Battle The Set-up of all the pieces The Board (No pieces) 64 squares : CHAPTER II THE POWERS OF THE PIECES 17 The King The Rook 17 17 18 18 19 20 20 21 23 25 Castling Conditions The Bishop The Queen The Fork The Knight The Pawn The King: Reprise Summary: Piece, Abbreviation, Value 25 CHAPTER GOOD MOVES FOR THE III PIECES 27 27 Good Moves for the Rook The Pawn's Good Moves Good Moves for the Knight Good Squares for the Bishop Good Moves for the Queen Good Moves for the King 28 31 32 33 35 CHAPTER THE OPENING TV 37 37 Rules to Follow 5 Chess 6 Made Simple Some Good Openings 42 42 42 42 43 Giuoco Piano (The Go-Easy Game) Ruy Lopez Scotch Game Sicilian Defense CHAPTER V MORE GOOD MOVES 43 43 43 45 46 48 49 Discovered Check DoubleCheck Desperado Overloaded Piece Zugzwang and Zwischenzug Tempo CHAPTER VI DESCRIPTIVE NOTATION: MORE OPENINGS: GAMBITS French Defense Caro-Kann Defense Gambits Some More Exciting Gambits Muzio Gambit Evans Gambit Danish Gambit Wing Gambit Blockading Gambit CHAPTER 50 52 52 53 54 54 54 55 55 55 VII FURTHER POWERS OF THE PIECES: ATTACK, DEFENSE, COMBINATIONS, COUNTERATTACKS Attack Attack What Is Nailed Down Nail It Down Attack What Can Not Escape! Make Use of the Attack Weapons: Fork, Pin, Hurdle Defense Defenses to the Pin Defenses to a Fork Defenses to a Hurdle CHAPTER CHECKMATE AND STALEMATE Checkmate Stalemate Checkmates with Minimal Material King and Queen vs. King King and Rook vs. King: a Win King and two Bishops vs. King King, Bishops and Knight vs. King 56 56 56 56 56 57 59 59 63 64 VIII 66 66 68 70 70 70 71 71 Chess Made Simple 7 CHAPTER IX CHECKMATE COMBINATIONS AND OTHER SACRIFICES More Weak Spots and What to do About Them hi gT gT andh7 g2andh2 The Eighth Rank The Long Diagonal The Seventh Absolute Other Sacrifices To Improve the Position of a Piece To Gain a Specific Square To Contain Enemy Forces To Advance a Strategic Plan To Forestall Enemy Plans To Queen a Pawn To Launch a King-Side Attack King in the Center 73 73 73 73 73 74 75 76 77 79 79 79 80 80 80 81 82 82 CHAPTER X SECURING A DRAW Why Should You Try for a Draw? How Can You Get a Draw? 84 84 84 CHAPTER XI THE END GAME: GENERAL PRINCIPLES Meaning King and Pawns King and Bishop King and Knight King and Rook King and Queen General Principles