How can you improve your chess? It' not by chance that grandmasters say 'Study the endgame!' This is because a great number of encounters reach endgames, and studying these positions will teach you how to convert winning positions, and how to save or even overturn inferior ones. Moreover, it's a well known fact that studying endgames undoubtedly enhances your skills in other aspects of the game.
Practical Endgame Play - Mastering the Basics is a comprehensive guide to all fundamental chess endings, and a godsend for those looking to improve their endgame play. Crucially, the emphasis is just as much on practical play as it is on theoretical understanding. Whenever an idea is introduced, Grandmaster Efstratios Grivas immediately illustrates it with a number of entertaining and instructive examples, a considerable number of which are drawn from his own over-the-board experiences.
Content
005 Bibliography & Acknowledgements
007 Foreword by IM Georgios Makropoulos
009 Introduction by Sotiris Logothetis
011 The Golden Rules of the Endgame
Section 1: Pawn Endings
013 Introduction and The Opposition
020 Key Rules
027 Important Techniques
034 Further Practical Examples
Section 2: Rook Endings
040 Introduction and Rook vs. Pawn(s)
050 Rook & Pawn vs. Rook
058 Rook & 2 Pawns vs. Rook
069 Rook & 2 Pawns vs. Rook & Pawn
077 Rook & 3 Pawns vs. Rook & 2 Pawns
083 Rook & 4 Pawns vs. Rook & 3 Pawns on the same wing
094 Rook & 5 Pawns vs. Rook and 4 Pawns
100 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed a-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns 110 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed b-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns
118 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed c-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns
123 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed d-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns
131 General Rook Endgame Technique
Section 3: Minor Piece Endings
148 Bishop vs. Pawn(s)
154 Same-coloured Bishop Endgames
173 Opposite-coloured Bishop Endgames
179 Knight vs. Pawn(s)
187 Knight Endgames
202 Good Bishop vs. Bad Knight
211 Good Knight vs. Bad Bishop
Section 4: Rook and Minor Piece Endings
223 Rook vs. Bishop
241 Rook vs. Knight
251 Rook & Bishop vs. Rook
257 Rook & Knight vs. Rook
262 Rook vs. Minor Pieces
Section 5: Queen Endings
272 Queen & Pawn Endgames
292 Queen vs. Various Major & Minor Pieces
315 Index of Players
Practical Endgame Play - Mastering the Basics is a comprehensive guide to all fundamental chess endings, and a godsend for those looking to improve their endgame play. Crucially, the emphasis is just as much on practical play as it is on theoretical understanding. Whenever an idea is introduced, Grandmaster Efstratios Grivas immediately illustrates it with a number of entertaining and instructive examples, a considerable number of which are drawn from his own over-the-board experiences.
- All the fundamental endgames are covered
- Full of practical tips and opinions
- Written by an prominent endgame expert
Content
005 Bibliography & Acknowledgements
007 Foreword by IM Georgios Makropoulos
009 Introduction by Sotiris Logothetis
011 The Golden Rules of the Endgame
Section 1: Pawn Endings
013 Introduction and The Opposition
020 Key Rules
027 Important Techniques
034 Further Practical Examples
Section 2: Rook Endings
040 Introduction and Rook vs. Pawn(s)
050 Rook & Pawn vs. Rook
058 Rook & 2 Pawns vs. Rook
069 Rook & 2 Pawns vs. Rook & Pawn
077 Rook & 3 Pawns vs. Rook & 2 Pawns
083 Rook & 4 Pawns vs. Rook & 3 Pawns on the same wing
094 Rook & 5 Pawns vs. Rook and 4 Pawns
100 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed a-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns 110 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed b-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns
118 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed c-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns
123 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed d-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns
131 General Rook Endgame Technique
Section 3: Minor Piece Endings
148 Bishop vs. Pawn(s)
154 Same-coloured Bishop Endgames
173 Opposite-coloured Bishop Endgames
179 Knight vs. Pawn(s)
187 Knight Endgames
202 Good Bishop vs. Bad Knight
211 Good Knight vs. Bad Bishop
Section 4: Rook and Minor Piece Endings
223 Rook vs. Bishop
241 Rook vs. Knight
251 Rook & Bishop vs. Rook
257 Rook & Knight vs. Rook
262 Rook vs. Minor Pieces
Section 5: Queen Endings
272 Queen & Pawn Endgames
292 Queen vs. Various Major & Minor Pieces
315 Index of Players