Jose Capablanca's classic instructional manual 'Chess Fundamentals' first appeared in 1921, the year he defeated Emanuel Lasker for the world championship title. This handbook is packed with timeless advice on different aspects of practical play and illustrated by Capablanca's own games. Topics covered include first principles, planning, the initiative, endgame strategy, and much more. After capturing the world championship, Jose Capablanca was for a time regarded as practically invincible. However, after his upset defeat by Alexander Alekhine in 1927, Capablanca was never able to obtain a revenge match for the world title, though he remained one of the leading players during the 1930s. (5 2/4' X 8 1/4', 121 pages, illustrations) PART I First Principles: Endings, Middlegame and Openings Some Simple Mates 1(3) Pawn Promotion 4(2) Pawn Endings 6(3) Some Winning Positions in the Middlegame 9(2) Relative Value of the Pieces 11(1) General Strategy of the Opening 12(2) Control of the Centre 14(2) Traps 16(2) Further Principles in Endgame Play A Cardinal Principle 18(1) A Classical Ending 19(1) Obtaining a Passed Pawn 20(1) How to Find Out Which Pawn will be First to Queen 21(1) The Opposition 22(3) The Relative Value of Knight and Bishop 25(5) How to Mate with Knight and Bishop 30(1) Queen against Rook 31(3) Planning a Win in Middlegame Play Attacking without the Aid of Knights 34(1) Attacking with Knights as a Prominent Force 35(1) Winning by Indirect Attack 36(3) General Theory The Initiative 39(1) Direct Attacks en masse 39(2) The Force of the Threatened Attack 41(4) Relinquishing the Initiative 45(2) Cutting off Pieces from the Scene of Action 47(3) A Player's Moves Criticised in a Specimen Game 50(6) Endgame Strategy The Sudden Attack from a Different Side 56(5) The Danger of a Safe Position 61(1) Endings with One Rook and Pawns 62(2) A Difficult Ending: Two Rooks and Pawns 64(6) Rook, Bishop and Pawns v. Rook, Knight and Pawns 70(2) Further Openings and Middlegames Some Salient Points about Pawns 72(1) Some Possible Developments from a Ruy Lopez 73(3) The Influence of a `Hole' 76(5) PART II Illustrative Games F.J.Marshall-J.R.Capablanca, Match 1909 81(2) A.K.Rubinstein-J.R.Capablanca, San Sebastian 1911 83(3) D.Janowski-J.R.Capablanca, Havana 1913 86(2) J.R.Capablanca-E.A.Znosko-Borovsky, St. Petersburg 1913 88(3) Dr E.Lasker-J.R.Capablanca, St. Petersburg 1914 91(4) O.Chajes-J.R.Capablanca, Rice Memorial Tournament 1916 95(3) J.R.Capablanca-A.Burn, San Sebastian 1911 98(2) J.Mieses-J.R.Capablanca, Berlin 1913 100(4) J.R.Capablanca-R.Teichmann, Berlin 1913 104(3) J.R.Capablanca-F.J.Marshall, St. Petersburg 1914 107(3) J.R.Capablanca-D.Janowski, St. Petersburg 1914 110(1) J.R.Capablanca-O.Chajes, New York 1918 111(3) J.S.Morrison-J.R.Capablanca, New York 1918 114(4) F.J.Marshall-J.R.Capablanca, New York 1918 118