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CHESS ENDGAMES BOOKS
100 Endgames You Must Know
Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
How to Play Chess Endgames
A Comprehensive Guide to Endgame Strategy
Catalog Code: B0117GB
Our Price: $34.95
The Best of Chessbase - VOLUME 1
The Best of ChessBase, Volume One contains the most interesting, timely and instructive material from volumes 21-27 of ChessBase Magazine. Now the best and most current material from the world's leading chess information Software is available in convenient printed form!
The Best of Chessbase - VOLUME 1
Catalog Code: B0009AC
Our Price: $19.95
Essential Chess Endings Explained Move By Move - VOLUME 2
Smith: "Have you studied Volume 1 by Silman? If you have not, you are wasting your time and my time. You must have the basics he covers. Basics are everything. Basics are to build on. The difference between strong endgame players and weak ones is not rating strength, but rather a lack of basic knowledge, and maybe even a lack of will and perseverance. This 2nd and final volume will take you to endgame Master strength. Take your board and men and set up each of the 275 positions and work through every move. I explain each White and each Black move so you know what is happening from each side of the board. As White with the advantage you must learn how to win a won position, and as Black with a bad position, you must learn to put up a fight - such a fight to give you a chance to draw or even win. I teach you this endgame technique in 298 pages."
Essential Chess Endings Explained Move By Move - VOLUME 2
Catalog Code: CB0067CD
Our Price: $9.95
