Winning Chess Endings
- Edition: Paperback
- Author: Yasser Seirawan
- Skill Range: Intermediate
- Publisher: Everyman Chess
- Year Published: 2003
- # of Pages: 240
- ISBN: 1857443489
Description:
Good books about endgames for beginners are few and far between. 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.
This books 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. Winning Chess Endings teaches endgame strategies in an exciting new way - by putting you in the middle of the action with firsthand stories taken directly from famous matches. Pull up a chair and watch the world's most exciting chess endings. Then become an endgame master!
Wholesale Chess recommends this book as the best book for those who want to learn how to mop up in the endgame!
- Best book for learning endgame technique
- By Yasser Seirawan, an entertaining writer and awesome teacher