{"product_id":"capablanca-a-primer-of-checkmate","title":"Capablanca: A Primer of Checkmate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial \"\u003eJosé Raúl Capablanca is renowned for his exquisite positional play and flawless endgame technique. But \u0026ldquo The Chess Machine\u0026rdquo was also a master of that other way to deliver mate: the attack on the enemy king.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial \"\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, award-winning chess coach and author \u003cstrong\u003eFrisco Del Rosario\u003c\/strong\u003e shines a long-overdue light on this neglected aspect of Capablanca\u0026rsquo s record. He illustrates how the Cuban genius used positional concepts to build up irresistible king hunts, embodying the principles of good play advocated by the unequaled teacher, C.J.S. Purdy. The author also identifies an overlooked checkmate pattern - Capablanca\u0026rsquo s Mate - that aspiring attackers can add to the standard catalogue in Renaud and Kahn\u0026rsquo s \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Art of the Checkmate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. As Del Rosario shows, Capablanca has inspired not only generations of players, but also many of the classics of chess literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial \"\u003eEasy to read but chock-full of advice for study and practical play,\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Capablanca: A Primer of Checkmate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e fills a gaping hole in our understanding of the third World Champion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial \"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial \"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFrisco Del Rosario\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning chess teacher and author, and 2009 champion of the Kolty Chess Club in Silicon Valley, California.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mongoose Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52098526970199,"sku":"9781936277025","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/7299\/9255\/files\/capablanca-a-primer-of-checkmate-9781936277025.jpg?v=1783606168","url":"https:\/\/buychess.com\/products\/capablanca-a-primer-of-checkmate","provider":"AjedrezdeMadera","version":"1.0","type":"link"}