Often, people have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions between the different opening moves; and this has constituted a flaw in many otherwise excellent manuals for the beginner.
My chief aim is to fill this void by simplifying the openings and by giving to the student chiefly such moves as are recognized to be the best, both in attack and defense. By playing over carefully the illustrative games, the learner will also see, at each opening, the variations made by experienced players in accordance with circumstances.
A great variety of actually played games has been given as was possible in a work of such limited scope. To this end the games of the distinguished players of different nations have been introduced, classified according to the different openings; and thus the reader will find the combined genius and skill of the old heroes like Philidor, Morphy, Staunton, Anderssen, Harrwitz, Evans, Montgomery and Cochrane, together with such recent masters as Lasker, Steinitz, Schlechter, Pillsbury, Marshall, Tarrasch, Janowsky, Tchigorin, and many other players of world-wide celebrity.
The basis of this website is Staunton's "Chess Player's Handbook;" but other standard books have been drawn upon to fit it to be a manual for the beginner of today and tomorrow.
So get your board out and follow along. The free lessons and methods presented will be perfect for the beginner chess player as well as the advanced chess player looking to enhance their chess tactics.
In addition to learning the basics of chess, I will be analyzing and illustrating opening chess moves so that you can follow the sequence of moves and understand the variations made by experienced players.
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