Chess for fun & chess for blood

218 Pages·1942·3.499 MB·English

by  Lasker, Edward

CHESSf oFrU N
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C H E fSoB r S L 0 0 D
By
EDWARD LASKER
Illustbrya ted
MAXIMILIAN MOPP
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DAVID McKAY COMPANY
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THISB OOK ISD EDICATEDT O THOSE WHO
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PREFER THE TO THE BLUDGEON
AND WH O-AT LEAST IN RECREATION,
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ESCAPING THE WORKADAY S BANALITIES
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CREATIONS THE IMAGINATION, SKILL
AND HUMOR.
Preface
Hadi tn obte enf oCrh esIss hounledv ehra vmee ts ome
oft heo utstanmdeinna gn dw omeni,n m anyw alkosf
lifweh,o saec quainthaansec ner ichmeyd d ayAsm.o ng
theImc ount sommyeb eosfftr iends-reenaosuogfnho r
met ob eg ratetfotu hleg ame.
Ia skeadf ew tohfe mt ow ritteom ew hyC heshsa bse en
thefiarv orgiatmeet hrouaglhtl h esyee arasn,dI don ot
thinIk c oulpdr efatcheib so okm ore:fi ttintghlaybn y
printtihnegri erp lies.
NewY ork,1 5t1h9,4 1
July
EDWARD LASKER.
PREFACE 9
FROM AN ADVERTISING MAN: ·
E. T.
GundlacPhr,e sidoefnt th eA dvertiCsoimnpga nbye arihnigs
namew,a sa to net ime Presoiftd heenC ti tCyl ub and CChheasms­
pioonf t heU niversCiltuybo fC hicagHoe. i st hea uthor" OolfdS ox
onT rumpetianngd"" Factasn dF etisheisnA dvertising."
DeaMrr L.a sker:
Frotmh aeg oef e igthott h idsa yIh avbee eanC hess
"faMny.f "a thpelra yietd maynm do thpelra yietadg reat
deaIlp .r eerif tto a lolt hgearm ebse caiutls iem tihteesl e­
menotfl ucakn bde caiuitssa eg amienw hiscthr aatnedg y
tactbircitsnh gve i ctory.
Whenr eIay do ubro ookn.C heIsa sc quianr eewdp oint
ofv ieIwr .e alniowzt eh sattr aitspe agrya moaunnndto t,ta c­
ticsw.a saI net d ucaitnCi hoensa snd a ne ducaitnil iofne .
Fory,o ubro obke,s isdheosw itnhsget eopnsme u stta kteo
reaacc he rtgaoiasnlh ,o wtehdafi trs otfa lalp latnor each
thagto amlu sbtel aoiud.t
.· In otteh yaotau r peu bliasnhointbgho eorakn Ida ms ure
thaCth epslsa yeevresr ywihnte hrUeen itSetda atnedsi, n
facitnE, u roapneAd s iwai wlaln ttok nowwh ante xEtd ward
Laskheartso o ffeornt hsiusb ject.
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10 PREFACE
FROM AN ARTIST:
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Everyownheo hass eenM aximilMioapnp 'usn iqu"eQ uarteotr"
"SymphoCnoyn certw"i lhlav e gathertehdah te lik es top ainhta nds.
Thep ictu.orfeh isw hichi sr eproduocnet dh ej ackerte presean ts
Chesvsa riatoifoh ni s predilection.
DeaDro ctLoars ker:
ConfoyuonuCdrh esAs f!aB ti shsoauptp omny c heasltl
nigIht tr!it eogd e hti m wami atmhm oTtahn k-oRfom oikn e,
buItc ould naontsd u mffoevarege odn wiheistl heBe i shop
captumryRe odo k. IWa hweonIks ea hwi m olnti leei deg e
oft lbioea rdi-nasni gnliifitwctoalonedt ce onr pse.
Yest,h aiCst h efsosr Iytko eue!yp osup rh antwaosryk ing
evewnh etnh gea mieso ver. sAalmlIea ,lt whaery est tuorn
iatg aliinmk,ae n oyfm ya rtist-Wfrehi aevntedou s s.oe u r
phantsaoms uyci hno uwro rtkh tahtee x erocftis heie m agi­
nation eixne arCf thases scsi nhaatridro ents oi st.
Ia ms urCeh eissos f r evaall tuoae l tlh owsheoh avteo
keetph ewiirts sh arpfeonares dt rugIgttl eea.ct hheeesl e­
menitmsp oritnaafi ngth t-ctohoer didneavteeldo opfm ent
thfeo rctehsee,ic ro nomeimcpallo ymtehienn tv,e notfi on
traapnsad m bushesp-raonvbdee sy odnodu tbhtad te fence
alonneev weirna bs a tatnltdeha vti ctdoermya nidnsi tiative,
foresaingpdhe tr severance.
Inm yh omteo wn wtahasef raem ous pfloaowythebora ll
waas lasd oe vootfCe hee Hsesw .e igmhuecdlh e tshsa ann y
oft hoet hbeoryo snh itse abmu,ht e smaavneaydg ambey
extrao·rc doimnbairnyawthiiocnnohsb ohdayda nticipated.
The infeorbevnicoeu si.s
Iw isthh gee neirnta hlwisas rk nehwo wt op lay CIh ess.
knoiwwt o ulidm prtohveeti arc tainctdhs e sitrr ategy.
Yours,
MAXIMILIAN MOPP
PREFACE 11
FROM A BUSINESSMAN:
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AlfreMda cArthiusPr r esidoefnt th eC entrLailf Ien suraCnocmep any
.o fI llin\.oVihsi.hl eep robabdloye nso to bjetcotb einrge fertroea ds
theb rother-ionf-H lealwe nH ayesh,e i sb ettkenro wnt ot heC hess
worlads a p atroann dg enihaols otf C hesmsa stevriss ittihne"g W indy
City."
My deaMrr .L asker,
I amg latdo s eteh ayto ua raep plyyionugr steola f b ook
onC hestsh aetm phasizes the potoeftn htegi aamle interest
toal arggreo uopfp eopwlheo e rroneoausssluytm hea itte sn ­
foymednetp enodsn d eespt udyye,a rosf pracotciecaoenf,s
timaen,d " thkaitn odfa m indA.s"a m ernei bblaett rh ger eat
intellefcetaussaetlot u tu pont heC hestsa blIec ,a nt estify
thatth eg amei sa delighptafsutli wmiet,h oauntyo ft hese
things.
Itis a mentagly mnasium betnheafittt hsew eaka sw ell
ast hset rotnhgte,o ddlmienngt ianlf aanswt e lals tphsey co-
·l ogicSaaln dolwi kyeo urseIltif s.a lwaytsh erree,a dtyo
meeyto umro od-thfiee rcceo ntiesfyt o uw anitt t;h dei let­
tantceo ntemploafta id oenl icabtaellayn cperdo bliefym o u
wishA. g ame losttoa f rieisn odf mnoo menwth ilaeg ame
ipodno egsi vyeo ua g entglleo wo ncien a whilAe C.h ess
probliesmb etttehra sno litoaria r cer oss pwuorzdz lteh,e
gamei tsae bleft tceorn tetshtaB nr idge.t oAglelt hienmr y,
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o iniotnh,ii sst hree a"ls poorfkt i ngs,. "
Ih avhee aradsc rititchiasttmh eg ame niso ts ociTahlis.
iso,f c oursneo,n senIsh ea.v feo und nothipnrgo mtotheadt
domestfiecl icaismt uyc h as sttuhdegy aimneog f a great
mastearl,l owmiynw gi fteoh oltdh beo oakn dm aket hoep ­
ponenmto'vse asn,d t hefnu mblianrgo unudn tIif lo untdh e
movet hatth beo ocka llsI i fmoprr.o vmeyd g ames omewhat
andt hec harmipnagr tnoefmr y existepnacsesa e pdl easant
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12 PREFACE
sioimnso reen joytahbablnae cs ke darti vfiobnrog t pha rties.
Ofc ourtslei,ae frseeo mder awbaicntk hsge a miet self.
UnliBkreid gyeo,hu a vneop artonnwe hro my ocua bnl ame
the olfto hsgesa mTeh.ee le1onfel nuctik se n tiarbesleyn t!
Youh avneoe xcuosrae l iYboiuo.rw nd eficiesntcaineds out
ina v ery asntrdae rakl fiassthibicuo ytno ,wu i lwli n now
antdh eann tdh beo oto nti hsoe t hfeoroA t g.a myeo cua n
plabyyc orrespoonrfd reoanmw c hee celh aaip 1a-,s tiinm e
youatnhad c omfionor tla dg ew,i rlle peavye cna suaalt ­
tentainordni crhelwya drede psetru dy.
Versyi nceyroeulrys ,
ALFRED MACARTHUR
FROM A LAWYER:
HuntingCtaoirnns ,A ssistGaennte rCaolu nsoeflt heT reasuDreyp art­
menti,s k nownt oR adiaou diencaess tChhea irmaonft hep rogram
"InvitattoiL oena mingH.e" i st hea uthoorf " Lawa nd tShoec ial
Sciences"" ThaenT dh eoroyf L egaSlc ience."
DeaErd waLrads ker:
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Iti sg ootdok notwh aytoa ur peu bliasn heiwbn ogo okn
ChesYso.up rr evviooluusm e taugmhem tu ch
ChesSst rategy
thIak tn oawb otuhtge a mNeo.t Ite hvaeptrl aCyh efsosr
blootdh;ra etq utihraeep sp licoafatl iiofne -BtuiCtmh ee.s s
fofru n-wbhyi Ics hu ppyoosmuee agna mbeass oendm ere
skialsol p potsoeg da mbeas soendk nowlaesdt gowe h atth e
Chemsass thearvscle o ne-fiosmr e i nm yd ecliyneianrgs
staig lrle saotu rocfpe l easaunrdwe,i, tt hhg ea moef mGyo,
fa vorrietlea xation.
Chesmsa steerxyc,ep petr hafposrt hep henomenally
giftdeedm,a nIdt sh,i nk, lneotsthsha tinhn uegn remitting