Adrian Mikhalchishin
Sample pages (pdf)This is the 8th and the last part of the Modern Endgame Manual series and it covers more practical rook endgames, over 100 beautiful studies and 100 exercises where the reader can test his or her knowledge.
The practical rook endings include examples from the specialists such as Capablanca, Rubinstein, Smyslov and Botvinnik.
The field of studies features such giants of research as Nikolay Grigoriev, Andre Cheron and Nikolay Kopaev. Without them, the theory of rook endgames would not be so advanced as it is nowadays.
Books 6-8 of this series make a rook endgames theory course, starting from basic positions and methods and then moving through typical material situations up to the most important practical situations.
Published 2019, softback, 318 pages.