Branko Tadic (Editor)
The first edition of Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings: Pawn Endings sold out some time ago and since then readers have not been able to get this important edition. The second revised edition is finally published!
The second edition is a considerably revised reprint: about 300 examples have been added from modern practice. Also, some examples that contained errors or omissions have been corrected.
Because of its simplicity and systematic approach the book is useful for advanced players and for those who want to become familiar with the basics of endgames. It is especially interesting for coaches.
In all there are 1901 diagrammed examples of pawn endgames, systematically organised according to material balance or positional theme, with solutions given. These examples illustrate the most important aspects of the strategy and tactics of pawn endings.
Published 2012, hardback, 456 pages.
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Steve Giddins
Although the endgame seems a long way off at the start of a game, World Champions such as Capablanca and Smyslov 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 - both in isolation and with each other. A knowledge of the endgame is also of great help earlier in the game, enabling you to know what to aim for and what to avoid in the middlegame.
In this instructive and entertaining book, renowned endgame expert Steve Giddins selects 50 of the finest examples of endgame play in the history of chess. Through the medium of these 50 example games you can study different types of endgame and see how they have been played by the world's greatest players. Most of the selected endgames are taken from before the 1980s when time controls and use of adjournments meant that players had more time to study the final phase of the game in depth and produce some masterpieces of endgame play.
Giddins examines each example in great detail and uses them to explain the principles of endgame play. This book is full of essential guidelines and tips which all players should follow if they want to improve their endgame knowledge.
Steve Giddins is a FIDE Master and a former editor of British Chess Magazine. He is the author of several outstanding books and is well known for his clarity and no-nonsense advice.
Published 2012, softback, 234 pages.
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Mark Dvoretsky
Renowned Russian chess coach and author Mark Dvoretsky has written what is surely destined to be a standard treatise on endgames for many years to come. He provides, in fifteen chapters, all the important information which you need in order to understand these endgame types with their various material imbalances. Key positions and ideas, which must be learned, are printed in blue with additional material and further examples in black, making it easy for the reader to grasp the essentials of any endgame quickly.
Dvoretsky manages to combine clarity in explaining the strategy of each ending with accuracy in his deep analysis of some positions, often overturning the previous analysis of other strong players. There are chapters on: Pawn, Knight v Pawns, Knight, Bishop v Pawns, Opposite Colour Bishops, Same Colour Bishops, Knight v Bishop, Rook v Pawns, Rook, Rook v Knight, Rook v Bishop, Queen & Queen v Rook endings. The final two chapters cover other material imbalances and General Endgame Ideas. Each chapter ends with a set of diagrammed exercises the solutions to which are in the final chapter of the book.
For the second edition the author re-worked the section on rook endings in the light of recent discoveries. He also made corrections throughout where necessary.
Mark Dvoretsky has continued to re-examine and re-work the material. The result is this revised and updated third edition. Not only working independently, but also with the help of attentive readers, masters and grandmasters, the author's efforts have resulted in what can only be described as the definitive work on endgame theory and practice.
"This book is Dvoretsky's most significant book." - I.M. Jacob Aagaard.
3rd edition published 2011, softback, 408 pages.
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Mark Dvoretsky
Instructive Mistakes of the Masters
When it was released in 2003, "Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual" became an instant classic. Now the chess instructor extraordinaire offers an introduction to the fascinating world of chess endings.
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!
The author has countless practical suggestions for improving your endgame play in this era of rapid-time controls so that you don't end up "drowning" in the ocean of endgame theory.
Let Mark Dvoretsky help you win more games as he examines some elementary endgame errors from master play and shows you how to avoid making the same mistakes.
Mark Dvoretsky is considered by many to be the premier chess instructor in the world today. His comprehensive, best-selling Endgame Manual has been recognized as one of the definitive works on the endgame ever published; his Analytical Manual is also one of the most thorough treatments of the middlegame ever to be released.
Published 2011, softback, 264 pages.
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