Lasker: Lehrbuch des Schachspiels metadata-enriched "Small" tactics

"Small" tactics

“Smerdon is the first to treat the subject of swindling in a logical and systematic manner

First of all

I could sense a seismic shift in both the precision of my calculation as well as my general level of sharpness

deals with them in no uncertain terms

Lasker: Lehrbuch des Schachspiels metadata-enriched "Small" tacticsDr. Emanuel Lasker (1868 1941) was world chess champion from 1894 to 1921 the only one that German chess has produced to date. No other world champion has come anywhere close to his dominance over an incredible 27 years. He wrote numerous books about the game, with his "Textbook of Chess" being one of the best textbooks ever. The purely didactic content is covered in the following sections: The Elementary Theory of Chess; The Doctrine of Openings;