Chess Strategy

Unless a player be exceptionally gifted, he will only learn after years of practice, if at all, what may be termed "positional play."

THE mental development of the chess player is a gradual struggle from a state of chaos to a clear conception of the game. The period required for such development largely depends upon the special gifts the learner may possess, but in the main the question of methods predominates. Most beginners do not trouble very much about any particular plan in their study of chess, but as soon as they have learnt the moves, rush into the turmoil of practical play

play of a beginner is planless, because he has too many plans, and the capacity for subordinating all his combinations to one leading idea is non- existent.