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What do you think more important?

  • 4 years ago · Quote · #1

    kosmeg

    I am a 13 year old and I want to really improve my endgame skills. I have a FIDE rating of 1678 but it is just my first one so it couldn't be really high. I know that I play for 1850-1950 FIDE elo and I want to have achieved a level of almost 2000 by this time next year. I can tell that the best part of my play is the opening, but I'm quite weak in endgames. I have Silman's complete endgame course and I have read all of it before the expert level. Now I want something more specific and here is my question?

    What do you think is more important? Rook endgames or pawn endgames?

    please feel free to also reccomend books that you've read about them. I like the challenge so I want the book to be a really difficult one. Not for a 1850-1950 player like me but for a 1900-2050 player or something like that, so that I will find it useful for many many years.

    Any suggestions?

  • 4 years ago · Quote · #2

    Gakse

    That will be: Endgame Manual by Dvoretsky.

  • 4 years ago · Quote · #3

    NM Reb

    Rook endings are the most frequent of all endings and perhaps the most difficult as well. So, I believe studying rook endings would pay off best. Pawn endings are also important ofcourse. Endgame Manual is an excellent book on endings, a great recommendation.

  • 4 years ago · Quote · #4

    hicetnunc

    Pawn endgames first, then rook endgames, because some rook endgames transform into pawn endgames, but the opposite doesn't happen Smile

    As for good general books on endgames, you have Averback's, Silman's, Dvoretsky's, Alburt & Krogius' and Müller/Lamprecht's in no particular order. One of them is enough : if you know everything in only one of these books, you'll probably know more than most 2300 rated players Smile

    On top of that, an excellent book dedicated to rook endings is John Emms' survival guide.

  • 4 years ago · Quote · #5

    transpositions

    hicetnunc,

    Vous devez etre un joueur d' eches excellent.  Votre conseil a Kosmeg est de loin le meilleur que j'ai vu sur ce site.

  • 4 years ago · Quote · #6

    NM OmarCayenne

    Yes, I'll second both Averbakh (Essential Knowledge) and the Emms book (I'm sure the others are good too--I've just never read them). A couple more as well--both titled Practical Chess Endings: the one by Keres and another by David Hooper (the second might be kind of hard to track down, but I always found it excellent).

    As for which endgame is more important, that's kind of like asking (as Black) which opening is more important, 1 d4 or 1 e4. You're doubtless going to be facing plenty of both (rook endings and pawn endings) in your games, so you ought to study them equally; and for that matter, minor piece and queen endings as well! You might want to start though with pawn endings--as most general endgame books do--since they're the basis of everything else, and other endings so often trade down into them (as hicetnunc suggests).

  • 4 years ago · Quote · #7

    kosmeg

    Thanks for your suggestions. I think I will get Dvoretsky's Endgame manual, but I will think about it a bit more.

  • 4 years ago · Quote · #8

    DonaldLL

    Check out this review by Silman...

    http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_js/js_dvrskys_endgm_mnl.html

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