How to Play Chess Endgames

by Karsten Müller, Wolfgang Pajeken, Phil Adams (Translation)

In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings , Müller 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.

Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

Major topics
* Basic Principles and Methods
* Activity
* Schematic Thinking
* The Fight for the Initiative
* Prophylaxis and Preventing Counterplay
* The Bishop-Pair in the Endgame
* Domination
* The Art of Defence
* Typical Mistakes
* Rules of Thumb

Genres: Chess

351 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 2007

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a logical follow up of the Fundamental Chess Endings (which was BCF Book of the Year 2002).
This is a book "that explains how to play the endings, and tries to help to develop that all-important but elusive 'feel' for the endgame...With the background gained from this book, the endgame should be something to be embraced rather than feared." (John Nunn)

[BlueTheNightmare · Rating 1 out of 5]

it didnt help me that much I already know how all the pieces move -.-