Milton Hanauer may not be a well-known name in the chess world, but he did have one brilliant publication for the curious chess player. It was a small "How-To" book published as part of a line of self-improvement books, the kind you would order from the back of comics and magazines. Hidden between the listings of "Psychic Freudianism" and "Fortune Telling for Amateurs" was Milton Hanauer's guide to chess. My grandfather gave me this book from his collection when I wa young, and when I was in highschool, I read it cover-to-cover. The booklet gave me a great analysis of Mackenzie-Tarrasch, instructive examples of the Sicilian, and it made me hungry for more.
I decided to explore Hanauer's games, and, though there weren't many in the database, I found some good fodder for analysis. The game being analysed here is a frustrating but obvious loss for White. The final position is a great example of tempo and King development in the endgame.
Milton Hanauer may not be a well-known name in the chess world, but he did have one brilliant publication for the curious chess player. It was a small "How-To" book published as part of a line of self-improvement books, the kind you would order from the back of comics and magazines. Hidden between the listings of "Psychic Freudianism" and "Fortune Telling for Amateurs" was Milton Hanauer's guide to chess. My grandfather gave me this book from his collection when I wa young, and when I was in highschool, I read it cover-to-cover. The booklet gave me a great analysis of Mackenzie-Tarrasch, instructive examples of the Sicilian, and it made me hungry for more.
I decided to explore Hanauer's games, and, though there weren't many in the database, I found some good fodder for analysis. The game being analysed here is a frustrating but obvious loss for White. The final position is a great example of tempo and King development in the endgame.