Chess Generalship, Vol. I. Grand Reconnaissance
BY FRANKLIN K. YOUNG
Vol. I. GRAND RECONNAISSANCE.
“ He who first devised chessplay, made a model of the Art Militarie, representing therein all the concurrents and contemplations of War, without omitting any. ”
“ Examen de Ingenios. ”
Juan Huarte, 1616.
“ Chess is the deepest of all games; it is constructed to carry out the principal of a battle, and the whole theory of Chess lies in that form of action. ”
Emanuel Lasker.
BOSTON INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING CO. 1910
Copyright, 1910 , By Franklin K. Young.
Entered at Stationers’ Hall.
Franklin K. Young
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PREFACE
From the essay on “WAR,” read by Prof. John Ruskin at Woolwich, (Eng.) Military Academy.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY
CHESS GENERALSHIP
GRAND RECONNAISSANCE
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
MILITARY EXAMPLES
ORGANIZATION
PRINCIPLE
MILITARY EXAMPLES
TOPOGRAPHY
TOPOGRAPHY OF THE KING
TOPOGRAPHY OF THE QUEEN
TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ROOK
TOPOGRAPHY OF THE BISHOP
TOPOGRAPHY OF THE KNIGHT
TOPOGRAPHY OF THE PAWN
TOPOGRAPHY OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL ZONE
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
RULE
MILITARY EXAMPLES
MOBILITY
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
RULE
MILITARY EXAMPLES
NUMBERS
RULE
MILITARY EXAMPLES
TIME
PRINCIPLE
RULE
MILITARY EXAMPLES
POSITION
STRATEGETIC SITUATIONS
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
MILITARY EXAMPLES
PRIME STRATEGETIC MEANS
POLICY OF CAMPAIGN
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLE
(First Phase.)
PRINCIPLE
THEOREM
TACTICO-LOGISTIC INEQUALITY
RULE
STRATEGETIC VALUES
THEOREM.
DEMONSTRATION.
