The Game of Chess the text avoids empirical approaches

the text avoids empirical approaches and focuses on basic theory and related fundamental concepts

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The Game of Chess the text avoids empirical approaches"I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. The way to this happiness I have tried to show in this book." Author's Preface While there are many chess instruction books available, few have achieved the lofty stature of the present volume. Fewer still have been written by a legendary