Technical or general endgames ?
Good Chess Book on Endgames?
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Look at youtube. There are plenty of good instructive videos.
For example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvqqYwfbq_s&list=PL54FDB99A16406AE6&index=6
This playlist consist of 14 endgames.
And also chess.coms youtube channel has a playlist of endgame, containing 20 videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WktW0S92ek&list=PL75586369202CF01E&index=1
hicetnunc wrote:
Technical or general endgames ?
either one i guess
This thread is so mysteriously lonely yet without silman's book recommendation.
If you can sit thru YouTube lessons as someone suggested, that's swell BUT I don't think they're a total substitute for books and online articles.
Look around for used books at amazon and Barnes & Noble.com, neither one pays me to shill for them btw
http://www.chess.com/blog/NimzoRoy/endgame-books
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_endgame_literature
https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=chess+endgames&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chesscafe.com%2F
I would say that Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual does a great job of teaching and explaining most of the important endgame concepts in great depth.
Bigdog12 wrote:
I would say that Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual does a great job of teaching and explaining most of the important endgame concepts in great depth.
I've heard that its really complicated and hard to understand. Is that true?
"Pandolfini's endgame course" book (some 300+ endgame principles tidily illustrated) should be easy enough to work through.
sftac
yoony123 wrote:
Bigdog12 wrote:
I would say that Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual does a great job of teaching and explaining most of the important endgame concepts in great depth.
I've heard that its really complicated and hard to understand. Is that true?
Yes it's hard work. Not to be recommended as your 1st book on endgames, unless you're already 2200 FIDE+ 
If you're U1700 OTB (or unrated OTB), then Silman's endgame course is a good choice. If you're over that level, you may want to look at Rosen's book (already mentioned in an earlier post) or Mueller's Fundamental chess endings - both are very good.
What's nice about the Dvoretsky book is what he calls the essential positions are printed in blue. Although you won't be getting the full value of the book, you could conceivably use it at a lower level by not venturing into the black ink analysis and diagrams. (There are 200+ blue diagrams IIRC)
hicetnunc wrote:
yoony123 wrote:
Bigdog12 wrote:
I would say that Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual does a great job of teaching and explaining most of the important endgame concepts in great depth.
I've heard that its really complicated and hard to understand. Is that true?
Yes it's hard work. Not to be recommended as your 1st book on endgames, unless you're already 2200 FIDE+
If you're U1700 OTB (or unrated OTB), then Silman's endgame course is a good choice. If you're over that level, you may want to look at Rosen's book (already mentioned in an earlier post) or Mueller's Fundamental chess endings - both are very good.
I'm about 1900 do you think the silman's endgame course would be good? I'm trying to get to 2000.
Endgame Strategy by Shereshevsky - general endgame strategy, not specific endings
Fine's Basic Chess Endings - detailed analysis of many common endgames, well organized (although requires a bit of work). My copy is well-worn and has travelled everywhere with me...
Dvoretsky Endgame Manual (as recommended by others)
Just the Facts! (Alburt)
100 Endgames You Must Know, by Jesus de la Villa, 2008 New in Chess
The book is concise, good quality.
For a review, see www.chesscafe.com/text/review645.pdf;
Understanding Chess Endgames by John Nunn deals with the same concepts, also recommended. Amazon has some reviews of this book.
I have both and like them both.
yoony123 wrote:
hicetnunc wrote:
yoony123 wrote:
Bigdog12 wrote:
I would say that Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual does a great job of teaching and explaining most of the important endgame concepts in great depth.
I've heard that its really complicated and hard to understand. Is that true?
Yes it's hard work. Not to be recommended as your 1st book on endgames, unless you're already 2200 FIDE+
If you're U1700 OTB (or unrated OTB), then Silman's endgame course is a good choice. If you're over that level, you may want to look at Rosen's book (already mentioned in an earlier post) or Mueller's Fundamental chess endings - both are very good.
I'm about 1900 do you think the silman's endgame course would be good? I'm trying to get to 2000.
If you're 1900 OTB, Rosen's book will probably serve you better than Silman's (as you should know 70%+ of Silman's book already out of experience). It contains mainly exercises, and few explanations, but the exercises are very good.
Now, if you want to learn more about general endgames (rather than technical ones), you can supplement this book with Shereshevsky's book (mentioned by chshdc above) or Lars Bo Hansen's Secrets of chess endgames work.
Fine's Basic Chess Endings
...is the one I have (assuming that is the really thick one and not a different ending book by Fine). It's very comprehensive ;)...but kind of dry.
A 2155 candidate master told me in 1987 that Batsford Chess Openings, My System (Aron Nimzovich), and Reuben Fine's endings book would be the best way to cover the most bases for improvement in all areas of the game with only 3 reasonably priced books. I'm sure the Batsford Chess Openings I have is well out of date, though ;)...the other two hold up much better over time.
I have to say that I would aften get sucked into more exciting books like How to Become a Candidate Master (Alex Dunne) and the like, or the ever popular 1001 Greatest Mates and books like that :).
chshdc wrote:
Endgame Strategy by Shereshevsky - general endgame strategy, not specific endings
Fine's Basic Chess Endings - detailed analysis of many common endgames, well organized (although requires a bit of work). My copy is well-worn and has travelled everywhere with me...
Dvoretsky Endgame Manual (as recommended by others)
Just the Facts! (Alburt)
i really wanted to check out the reshevsky book but i forgot the name, thanks a lot
what is the difference between technical and general endgames?
Hi I'm having trouble with endgames. Does anyone know any good books about endgames for 1900-2000 level?