Chess and Checkers : the Way to Mastership

This etext was produced by John Mamoun <mamounjo@umdnj.edu> with help
from the online distributed proofreaders page of Charles Franks.
Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership
Edward Lasker
Board and men The moves of the men Special terms Symbols for moves Chess laws
Fundamental endings Relative value of the men How the different men cooperate Sacrificing
King's Pawn openings Queen's Pawn openings The middle game
Game No. 1: Jackson Showalter vs. Edward Lasker, Lexington, Ky., 1917
Game No. 2: Edward Lasker vs. Jose R. Capablanca, New York, 1915
The first position The second position The change of the move The third position The fourth position The fifth position
The following is an e-text of Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership, by Edward Lasker, copyright 1918, printed in New York.
This e-text contains the 118 chess and checkers board game diagrams appearing in the original book, plus an extra chess diagram that appears on the front cover of the book, all in the form of ASCII line drawings. The following is a key to the diagrams: