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The incontestable superiority which Philidor preserved, for nearly half a century, over the most skilful players of Europe, would alone be sufficient to cause the merit of this work to be appreciated, were not the treatise itself universally acknowledged to be one of the best and most precious writings on the science of the Game of Chess. The author of it was particularly eminent for the skilful manœuvre of his pawns: it was he who first established it as a principle that it was impossible to be a good player, without knowing how to play the pawns, which he called the Soul of Chess, and that, on their proper or improper arrangement, depends almost always either the gain or the loss of the party. In the playing of this great master are constantly to be found a regular attack and a premeditated defence; and his remarks, whilst they prove his perfect knowledge of the game, attest the profundity of his genius.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The incontestable superiority which Philidor preserved, for nearly half a century, over the most skilful players of Europe, would alone be sufficient to cause the merit of this work to be appreciated, were not the treatise itself universally acknowledged to be one of the best and most precious writings on the science of the Game of Chess. The author of it was particularly eminent for the skilful manœuvre of his pawns: it was he who first established it as a principle that it was impossible to be a good player, without knowing how to play the pawns, which he called the Soul of Chess, and that, on their proper or improper arrangement, depends almost always either the gain or the loss of the party. In the playing of this great master are constantly to be found a regular attack and a premeditated defence; and his remarks, whilst they prove his perfect knowledge of the game, attest the profundity of his genius.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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