Download or read book The American Supplement to the Synopsis Containing American Inventions in the Chess Openings (Classic Reprint) written by Joseph W. Miller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Supplement to the Synopsis Containing American Inventions in the Chess Openings HE Editor does not assume to be an analyst of Chess apart from the army of Chess players who have given thought and study to the Openings, and played them for many years. The body of analysis in the German Handbuch is the product of ten thousand minds; and the best analysts have not been infallible, as witness the declaration of Howard Staunton that the Sicilian was the best Opening for the second player. The Chess Openings come and go out of fashion without much regard for individual preferences; and they stand on shifting ground, sometimes strengthened temporarily by a new line of play, and again laid on the shelf as the novelty is fully dissected and its weak points made known. It is certainly desirable to put on record all noteworthy ideas in the Openings; and this is the aim of the Editor, especially for those originating on this side of the Atlantic. Space will also be given to the freshest foreign analysis Nearly three years have elapsed since the third edition of Cook's Synopsis was published. Since its appearance there have been memorable International Chess Congresses in London, Vienna, and Nuremberg, and several Chess matches between the great Masters. The proof reading has been carefully supervised, the Editor regarding this as one of the vital things in the publication of these works. His warm thanks are due to many American lovers of Chess for valuable suggestions and assistance in collecting material. 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.