Lasker's Manual of Chess

The content of the book, as Lasker himself writes, is most influenced by the theories put forth by Steinitz, as well as Staunton's The Chess-Player's Handbook.

Lasker quickly moves on to the fundamentals of chess strategy and tactics, and ends the section with examples of some of the basic mates.

The rest of the section is concerned with identifying and describing the various "features" and "advantages" of a position, such as its pawn structure and potential for piece cooperation.

In the closing pages of this section Lasker criticizes the hypermodern school of chess for disregarding many accepted principles of positional play.

Examples and Models, the book's final section, consists entirely of a number of illustrative games, each with a thorough analysis.