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PUMAPRIDE

well its should not be too basic, noe endless king and pawn against king.. and not too much about philidor and lucena position, maybe a quick reminder... well it should cover in good explanation opposition, but the more difficult stuff and explain pretty good the fields to which to the opponent king is not allowed and why. 

blake78613

The best starting book on end games is How to Play the Chess Endings by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky.  However It is in descriptive notation and expensive to buy new.  I think it may be available as an e-book.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Play-Chess-Endings-Eugene-Znosko-Borovsky/dp/0486211703

DazBedford11

silmans complete endgame manual covers endings by rating i think its from 1000 - 1200, 1200 - 1400 and so on, I cant vouch for the quality however I do own the book but as yet have not started it

prr98

if you want to learn strategic endgames and not theoretical ones i would recommend grandmaster secrets endings or shereshevkys endgame strategy

if you want to learn ''basic'' theoretical endgames then go with silmans complete endgame course

and if you are a hardcore fan of the endgame and want to learn almost every theoretical endgame there is dvoretskys endgame manual is for you.

blake78613

You can down load the Znosko-Borovsky book in pdf format for free

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?cu3adgjvm486968

PUMAPRIDE
prr98 wrote:

if you want to learn strategic endgames and not theoretical ones i would recommend grandmaster secrets endings or shereshevkys endgame strategy

if you want to learn ''basic'' theoretical endgames then go with silmans complete endgame course

and if you are a hardcore fan of the endgame and want to learn almost every theoretical endgame there is dvoretskys endgame manual is for you.


what you mean about strategical endgames?? i mean i want to get the knowledge to solve the more difficult endgames on my own.. i still have a bit problems with harder kind of opposition, im still dont know the formula on wich square you cant let the opponent come to.. i dont know wich book is best for that

PUMAPRIDE

ok i got it now thanks a lot

prr98

no problem Smile

antioxidant

just being  funny,it  teaches  you  more , try  the book  of  experience

rigamagician

Paul Keres's Practical Chess Endings is pretty readable and covers the most common endings.  Also John Nunn's Understanding Chess Endgames covers a lot of the basics.

EmanTal

I would also recommend Max Euwe: A guide to chess endings.

But for those who love endgames, there are two very important giant names in the chess history one should not miss:

NimzoRoy

Practical Chess Endings by Irving Chernev

Practical Chess Endings by Paul Keres

A Guide to Chess Endings by Dr Euwe

1234 Modern End-Game Studies by M.A. Sutherland & H.M. Lommer (not a textbook, but you can learn a lot from it anyway)

PUMAPRIDE

thx

MrBlunderful_closed

Spend about a year with Silman, and then the rest of your life with Dvoretsky's, and you'll be hell on walnut.