Endings teaches endgame strategies in an exciting new way - by putting you in the middle of the action with firsthand stories from the world's most exciting chess endings. Become an endgame master!
Approach every endgame with a winning strategy!
Good books about endgames for beginners are few and far bet\Winning Chess Endings is a great one - a gripping introduction to what you need to know to win chess endings, taught by American Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan. His entertaining, easy-to-understand style, incisive stories and insiders advice will help you develop a solid grasp of proven principles that you can apply with confidence whenever a game goes the distance. You'll learn to prevail time and again in endgames with common and uncommon combinations and pieces.
Winning Chess Endings explains how to:
Content
v Acknowledgments
vii Introduction
001 CHAPTER ONEBasic Mates
021 CHAPTER TWOKing and Pawn Endings
049 CHAPTER THREEQueen and Pawn Endings
065 CHAPTER FOURRook Endings
131 CHAPTER FIVEBishop Endings
151 CHAPTER SIXKnight Endings
175 CHAPTER SEVENBishop vs. Knight
199 CHAPTER EIGHTRook vs. Minor Pieces
219 CHAPTER NINEThe Rare and the "Perfect"
231 Resources
233 Index
Approach every endgame with a winning strategy!
Good books about endgames for beginners are few and far bet\Winning Chess Endings is a great one - a gripping introduction to what you need to know to win chess endings, taught by American Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan. His entertaining, easy-to-understand style, incisive stories and insiders advice will help you develop a solid grasp of proven principles that you can apply with confidence whenever a game goes the distance. You'll learn to prevail time and again in endgames with common and uncommon combinations and pieces.
Winning Chess Endings explains how to:
- Relentlessly find checkmates, from easy to hard, in all basic endgame patterns
- Master the intricacies of King and Pawn Endings
- Win consistently in the most common endgame -the Rook ending
- Master the pros and cons of Bishop vs. Knight Endgames
- Seize the advantage in Rook Pawn and Queen Pawn endings
- Play like a grandmaster in solitaire endings
Content
v Acknowledgments
vii Introduction
001 CHAPTER ONEBasic Mates
021 CHAPTER TWOKing and Pawn Endings
049 CHAPTER THREEQueen and Pawn Endings
065 CHAPTER FOURRook Endings
131 CHAPTER FIVEBishop Endings
151 CHAPTER SIXKnight Endings
175 CHAPTER SEVENBishop vs. Knight
199 CHAPTER EIGHTRook vs. Minor Pieces
219 CHAPTER NINEThe Rare and the "Perfect"
231 Resources
233 Index