Preface
Chess Fundamentals was first published thirteen years ago. Since then there have appeared at different times a number
of articles dealing with the so-called Hypermodern Theory. Those who have read the articles may well have thought
that something new, of vital importance, had been discovered. The fact is that the Hypermodern Theory is merely the
application, during the opening stages generally, of the same old principles through the medium of somewhat new
tactics. There has been no change in the fundamentals. The change has been only a change of form, and not always for
the best at that.
In chess the tactics may change but the strategic fundamental principles are always the same, so that Chess
Fundamentals is as good now as it was thirteen years ago. It will be as good a hundred years from now; as long in fact
as the laws and rules of the game remain what they are at present. The reader may therefore go over the contents of the
book with the assurance that there is in it everything he needs, and that there is nothing to be added and nothing to be
changed. Chess Fundamentals was the one standard work of it kind thirteen years ago and the author firmly believes
that it is the one standard work of its kind now.
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