The Greatest Ever Chess Endgames

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Weight: 1.5000
Author: Steve Giddins
Publication Date: April 17, 2012
Notation Type: FAN - Figurine
Page Count: 234 Pages

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Chess players are known to be obsessed by openings. However, world champions have recommended that up-and-coming players should actually begin by studying the endgame first.

This is because only by studying simplified positions can one fully develop an understanding of how chess pieces work.

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