to hold out and always search for fresh resources.

Thus, Chess serves a good purpose for young and old. The boy will
find it a fascinating pastime and, unconsciously sharpening his
wits in playing the game, will acquire a fine preparation for his
calling in life, no matter what it may be. For the man, and the
woman too, Chess is well worth learning, as it will prove the
best companion in hours of leisure.

The reason why many people hesitate to learn the game and to
teach it to their children is that Chess has been misrepresented
as a game which is very difficult to master. This false
impression has been created mainly by the wrong methods of
teaching usually employed. The majority of writers on Chess deal
with a maze of variations and they expect the reader to memorize
the moves with which to parry the maneuvers of the opponent,
instead of simply developing a few common sense principles which
are easy to grasp and perfectly sufficient to make a good player
of any one.

This is really the great advantage of the game of Chess over any
other board game, that it lends itself to the application of
general principles, so that any one can grasp and enjoy it
without memorizing more than the rules according to which the men
move.

I have tried to develop these principles in a simple way so that
they are sure to be easily understood, and I have been greatly
aided in my task by Miss Helen Dvorak and Mr. Eugene Fuller, who,
without any previous knowledge of the game, have learned it in