CHESS ENDGAMES BOOKS

    100 Endgames You Must Know
    Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player
    Most players tend to neglect the endgame, many even dodge the endgame by taking extreme risks in the middlegame, simply because they feel uncertain about the final phase. But time limits have shortened, and the endgame has to be played fast. A solid basic knowledge is vital. There are, contrary to what most amateurs believe, relatively few endgames one must know. Here the 100 endgames are presented that:show up most frequently in practice are easy to learn and contain ideas and concepts useful in more difficult positions.
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    100 Endgames You Must Know

    Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player
    Catalog Code: B0009NIC
    Our Price: $24.95

    The Survival Guide to Rook Endings
    A Practical Course in the Most Important Type of Chess Endgame
    For all chess-players - from beginners to grandmasters, and whatever their style of play - one thing is certain: rook endings will arise in a great many of their games. Yet it is precisely in this area of the game that many players give away hard-earned points, either through lack of knowledge or inadequate understanding. Most previous books on the subject have been extremely technical and theoretical, but this one is different. John Emms provides the essential specific knowledge and explains the key concepts that will enable readers to find the right plan in most common types of rook endings.
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    The Survival Guide to Rook Endings

    A Practical Course in the Most Important Type of Chess Endgame
    Catalog Code: B0115GB
    Our Price: $14.95

    Practical Endgame Play - Master the Basics
    The Essential Guide to Endgame Fundamentals
    The Essential Guide to Endgame Fundamentals.

    How can you improve your chess? It's not by chance that the top players say: 'Study the endgame!' This is because a great number of encounters reach the endgame, and studying these positions will teach you how to convert winning positions, and how to save or even overturn inferior ones. Moreover, it's a well-known fact that studying endgames undoubtedly enhances other aspects of your play.
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    Practical Endgame Play - Master the Basics

    The Essential Guide to Endgame Fundamentals
    Catalog Code: B0146EM
    Our Price: $25.95

    How to Play Chess Endgames
    A Comprehensive Guide to Endgame Strategy
    In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Muller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board.
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    How to Play Chess Endgames

    A Comprehensive Guide to Endgame Strategy
    Catalog Code: B0117GB
    Our Price: $34.95

    King and Pawn Endings
    Now for the first time, the average player can sit down with a strong teacher and study king and pawn endings effectively and completely. GM Fishbein has selected the basic positions essential to any player's chess education, arranged them in a logical ascending order of difficulty and explained them move-by-move in clear language. To make sure that every lesson finds its mark, he has classified every example according to the basic idea or theme it illustrates.
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    King and Pawn Endings

    Catalog Code: B0003AC
    Our Price: $19.95

    Encyclopedia of Chess Endings - BOOK V - Minor Piece Endings
    The Encyclopedia of Chess Endings (ECE), published by Chess Informant, is a five-volume comprehensive reference work on endings. Contributors to the series include experts such as Adorjan, Averbakh, Beliavsky, Botvinnik, Browne, Ftacnik, Gelfand, Gligoric, Hort, Huebner, Karpov, Kasparov, Kavalek, Korchnoi, Kovacevic, Mikhalchishin, Miles, Minev, Nunn, Parma, Speelman, Sveshnikov, Thompson (BELLE), Timman, Uhlmann, and Unzicker.
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    Encyclopedia of Chess Endings - BOOK V - Minor Piece Endings

    Catalog Code: B0008ECO
    Our Price: $31.95

    Chess Endings Essential Knowledge
    By concentrating on the basic principles the average player is not only given a working knowledge of the endgame but also a firm foundation on which to further develop his or her interest and technique in this fascinating stage of a chess game.
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    Chess Endings Essential Knowledge

    Catalog Code: B0050EM
    Our Price: $14.95

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