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| Basic Chess Endings "This is the definitive work on the endgame, which all serious students of the game have been waiting for. It is a prodigious feat of chess scholarship, presented to the reader in clear, pithy language, full of telling phrases that will linger in the memory and rise to aid the harassed competitor just when he needs it most.... The authoritative reference work on the subject.... Reuben Fine's book is indispensable." -- The New York Times "Grandmaster Fine has done a brilliant piece of work. There is no doubt that it will receive the recognition of the entire chess world." -- M. M. Botvinnik | |
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| Test Your Endgame Thinking How should a chess player think in an endgame? How is the game affected once there are just a few pieces left on the board? Grandmaster Glenn Flear provides the answers in a book which will guide the reader along a path to enlightenment. Using a series of examples and exercises, Flear steers the reader through all the different types of endgame positions and themes. Included in these are subjects such as checkmating patterns, space advantages and promotion ideas. Quiz questions will be of differing difficulty and will appeal to all standards of player. | |
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| Endgame Challenge Similar in format to Combination Challenge! Players are given an alternative method of study for endgames. The book contains 451 examples (covering all types of endgames) with a hint to help solve each ending. Also included is a scoring system. 224 Pages. By John Hall | |
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| Concise Chess Endings How well do you know your endgames? Even many experienced players would admit to a lack of knowledge in this department, and yet it's in this section of the game where many points are won and lost over the chessboard. This pocket-sized book can be the answer to all your problems! Grandmaster Neil Macdonald studies all the fundamental endings and provides the reader with all the crucial knowledge, tactics and plans. At the same time, he is careful not to swamp the reader with superfluous information; there is simply enough wisdom here to make you feel confident in all types of practical endings. | |
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| Basic Endgame StrategyWIN AT CHESS NOW!Let Bill Robertie, chess master, former US chess speed champion, and author of 12 books including many best-selling chess titles, show you the essential strategies necessary to win in the endgame. Expert advice in easy-to-read charts and explanations shows you how to turn drawn or lost positions in victories! LEARN THE ENDGAME SECRETSYou'll learn how to squeeze out victory in endgames involving Kings, pawns, Bishops and Knights, the combinatnios necessary for mate and how to effect them, and the essential strategies for marching pawns into queens and then checkmating your opponents. FEATURING
Power Strategies for Queening Your Pawns 94 Diagrams Showing Endgame Conditions and Checkmates The Merits and Demerits of Bishop and Knights Bishop vs. Bishop, Bishop vs. Knights, Bishops of Opposite Colors, Kings, Pawns and Minor Pieces, Essential King and Pawn Mates Beginner's Guide to Standard Chess Notation | |
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