Chess Fundamentals

Author: Jose Raul "J R" Capablanca y Graupera, (1888-1942) signed by the author Year: 1921Publisher: G Bell and Sons and Harcourt, Brace and CompanyPlace: London and New YorkDescription:vii+246 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped pictorial chess board to front cover. Signed by Capablanca. (Betts:11-24) First edition.Published shortly after he had won the World's Chess Championship. Reprinted 1922, 1923, 1926, 1931, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948 and reset edition published in 1951. A knowledge of the elements is assumed. A graded course of instruction, with a general first chapter, the subjects of which are re-examined in more detail in succeeding chapters. Part two comprises 14 games played by Capablanca, with annotations, including notes on the openings.José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera  was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. One of the greatest players of all ti