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Preview: Front matter
Chess Strategy Bible: How to Win
The A-Z Guide for Beginners and Pros! Unleash Your Brilliance With 50+ Ultimate Modern Tactics From The "Gotham" of Chess Masters to Win at All Matches!
By Magnus Ritzman
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Preview: Introduction
Chess has been played by humans for over 1,400 years in some sort or another. It has been one of the oldest famous games, with cultural as well as intellectual significance that very few activities can equal. Individual games, such as Bobby Fischer's win over Boris Spassky during 1972 or Garry Kasparov's defeat to Deep Blue during 1997, have become important historical landmarks in chess.
The game was becoming a fixture of everyday European life since the nineteenth century. Players founded chess clubs, and chess puzzles appeared in significant newspapers regularly.
In 1851, London hosted the very first international chess contest. As a result, present timekeeping, speed chess variations, as well as sealed moves were created.
Wilhelm Steinitz, an Austrian (later American) chess player, was the first unquestionable World Chess Champion. He exemplified the offensive, deeply Romantic mode of the time but eventually developed and theorized the positional mode of play which would also prevail in the twentieth century. Adolf Anderssen, a former opponent, was instrumental in popularizing modern chess problems.
Other notable figures during this period included Emanuel Lasker, a German mathematician who held the title of World Champion for over 27 years, and Paul Morphy, an influential chess prodigy from the United States.
Until the 1880s, the rule of whites getting first was codified. Previously, players were famous for switching colors than for every first player to pick their…
