Capablanca: a primer of checkmate

José Raúl Capablanca is renowned for his exquisite positional play and flawless endgame technique. But ``The Chess Machine`` was also a master of that other way to deliver mate: the attack on the enemy king.

In this groundbreaking work, award-winning chess coach and author Frisco Del Rosario shines a long-overdue light on this neglected aspect of Capablanca`s record. He illustrates how the Cuban genius used positional concepts to build up irresistible king hunts, embodying the principles of good play advocated by the unequaled teacher, C.J.S. Purdy. The author also identifies an overlooked checkmate pattern - Capablanca`s Mate - that aspiring attackers can add to the standard catalogue in Renaud and Kahn`s The Art of the Checkmate. As Del Rosario shows, Capablanca has inspired not only generations of players, but also many of the classics of chess literature.

Easy to read but chock-full of advice for study and practical play, Capablanca: A Primer of Checkmate fills a gaping hole in our understanding of the third World Champion.

Frisco Del Rosario is an award-winning chess teacher and author, and 2009 champion of the Kolty Chess Club in Silicon Valley, California.

CONTENT:

007 Introduction

011 <B>Part I: The Art of the Checkmate</B>

013 Chapter 1: What to Learn

023 Chapter 2: Legal`s Pseudo-Sacrifice

025 Chapter 3: The Power of the Double Check

031 Chapter 4: The Smothered Mate

039 Chapter 5: The Gueridon and Epaulettes Mates

061 Chapter 6: Capablanca`s Mate

069 Chapter 7: Greco`s Sacrifice

077 <B>Part II: Play Like Capablanca </B>

079 Chapter 8: Bookstore Marketing and Other Tall Tales

085 Chapter 9: The Back-Rank Mate

091 Chapter 10: Greco`s Mate

099 Chapter 11: Anastasia`s Mate

103 Chapter 12: Boden`s Mate

107 Chapter 13: Mate no. 8

125 Chapter 14: Mate no. 9

131 Chapter 15: Pillsbury`s Mate

137 Chapter 16: Mates with Major Pieces

151 Chapter 17: Mates with Minor Pieces

159 Chapter 18: The Arabian Mate

167 Chapter 19: One More Thing

173 Bibliography

174 Index of Players

175 Openings Index

• Casa editrice Mongoose Press
• Code 6174
• Anno 2010
• Pagine p. 176
• Isbn 9781936277025