CHESS ENDGAMES BOOKS

    A Guide To Chess Endings
    This book makes a fairly thorough study of those endings most likely to occur in play, especially those with rooks. This book is best worked through as a course of study, so that the underlying ideas are absorbed and a sound positional judgment is acquired it is at first not necessary to understand every nuance, far less to try to remember the more difficult variations; indeed one might pass over the sub-variations at first reading.
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    A Guide To Chess Endings
    Catalog Code: B0118IS
    Our Price: $25.95

    Tragicomedy in the Endgame
    Instructive Mistakes of the Masters
    This book is designed to highlight the key concepts of the most common chess endgames and will prove quite instructive to chessplayers of all levels. Topics include: The King in the Endgame, Pawn play, Zugzwang, Saving Methods, Tactics in the Endgame, Piece Maneuvering, Piece Exchanges, "Technique"... and much more!
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    Tragicomedy in the Endgame
    Instructive Mistakes of the Masters
    Catalog Code: B0052RE
    Our Price: $29.95

    Dvoretsky Endgame Manual
    3RD EDITION
    Russian International Master Mark Dvoretsky is perhaps the most respected chess instructor in the world today. His latest work, Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, is sure to become a classic reference book on one of the most difficult and subtle phases in chess.
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    Dvoretsky Endgame Manual
    3RD EDITION
    Catalog Code: B0007RE
    Our Price: $34.95

    1000 Checkmate Combinations
    This truly outstanding book, first published in Russian in the 1970s and regarded there as a classic, contains everything you need to know bout how to deliver checkmate. It contains a wealth of elegant and sophisticated chess tactics as well as systematic and effective instruction.
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    1000 Checkmate Combinations
    Catalog Code: B0114BT
    Our Price: $21.95

    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

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