I'm planning which books I am going to buy, and checking reviews on this website (and others) I ahve selected those:

Sharpen your tactics

The most instructive games of chess

How to re-assess your chess

And then I'm looking for an endgame book, but I haven't found much about this... 

Endgame book: Muller and Lamprecht's Fundamental Chess Endings

I would recommend "Pandolfini's Endgame Course" and "Grandmaster Secrets: Endings" by Soltis. The first book only takes a couple weeks to read and covers the must-know endgame positions. The second book is a fast and entertaining read that gives practical advice on playing common endings. You could make Class A only reading and grasping these two books, and I know people that have!

 

"Fundamental Chess Endings" is a great intermediate-level book. Muller loves endings and his analysis is accurate and insightful. However, he only briefly covers fundamentals such as the opposition, so perhaps this is best as a second or third book.

Savielly Tartakower ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savielly_Tartakower ) has written a wonderfull book, its French version's name is: "Bréviaire des echecs".

This Book starts with a complete description of endings.

If you can read French (I guess so since you are from Montreal) I strongly recommand you this book.

His French name is Xavier Tartakover ( http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Tartakover ) 

I'm reading Silman's Complete Endgame Course now, and it's pretty good. I like the way the lessons are broken out from easiest to hardest material, rather than everything having to do with particular pieces at once.

 

--Fromper 

Fromper wrote:

I'm reading Silman's Complete Endgame Course now, and it's pretty good. I like the way the lessons are broken out from easiest to hardest material, rather than everything having to do with particular pieces at once.

 

--Fromper 

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 yes - i am reading that too.   excellent.

 

 

One of the best books on endings is new : Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual 

Mark Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, 2nd Edition and Keres' Practical Chess Endings are my suggestions. The former covers all endings in exquisite detail, the latter is a no-nonsense practical tome. Basic Chess Endings by Fine and revised by Benko is  fine too.

GM flears NUCKI endgame book. just came out.

GM flears NUCKI endgame book. just came out.

 

Do you mean GM Flear's "Practical Endgame Play -- beyond the basics"? It's a great book and one I enjoy, but I think it would make a poor first book.  It would be an excellent choice if you know something about most endgames and have mastered pawn and rook endgames, and are ready to focus on R+N vs R+B with pawns, for example. 

amr1001 wrote: Fromper wrote:

I'm reading Silman's Complete Endgame Course now, and it's pretty good. I like the way the lessons are broken out from easiest to hardest material, rather than everything having to do with particular pieces at once.

 

--Fromper 

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 yes - i am reading that too.   excellent.

 

 

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Silman's Complete Endgame Course------Jeremy Silman, is very good!!!

In fact, any book by Jeremy Silman is good. He break his book down for the reader very well.

Pandolfini's Endgame Course Is more a beginner endgame book, but it is ok

I also like Capablanca"s Best Chess Endings-----Irving Chernev

Fundamental Chess Endings-----Karsten Muller & Frank Lamprecht

So in this order I read this endgame game books

• Pandolfini's Endgame Course
• SilMan's Complete Endgame Course ( This book break it down better than any of the books I mention)
• Capablanca's Best Chess Endings
• Fundamental Chess Endings

 

Practical Chess Endings, by Paul Keres, 1973, R.H.M. Press. ISBN 0-89058-028-6. My favorite.

StPerkele wrote: Practical Chess Endings, by Paul Keres, 1973, R.H.M. Press. ISBN 0-89058-028-6. My favorite.

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You are not the only one mention that. I will pick up a copy.

I really like Silman's Complete Endgame Course. It's the only book I know of that takes you from beginner to master. This way it enables strong players to use it both to instruct themselves and, potentially, their students.

If you can handle descriptive notation, Fred Reinfeld's 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations is a good, cheap book on tactics that has a good range of levels of difficulty.

Dvoresky's Endgame Manual.

One of my first books of endings was a small book called essential chess endings, by Averbakh I believe?  Practical chess endings by the great Paul Keres is also good.