Chess Endgame Training

I just want to know your insights about the book "Chess Endgame Training" by Bernd Rosen from GAMBIT publications. Is it really a greater endgame book as it claims to be? I just recently bought it(about 3 hours ago recent) and want to know if it is one of the best book to improve my endgame or not.

Bump, any comments please??

I don't mean to be a jerk or something , but isn't it too late to ask after you bought it ?

I don't have any books about endgames but from I see in the forums these are the most popular :

1.Silman's complete endgame course

2.Dvoertsky's endgame manual

3.Understanding chess endgames

Your book recieved nice reviews on Amazon , I'm not familiar with it tho.

Not really, time is more important than the money used. Also I have many friends I can lend it to. Anyways thanks! Almost everyone recommends Silman's works though I really am not his fan.

I'm a big fan of Hawkin's "Amateur to IM", it's mostly endgame despict title. There is an example from book of endgame against Short on chess com. Haven't heard of your book before.

I don't think there is a best book. Or more exactly, the work you put into the book is always going to be more important than the book itself.

You've got an endgame book, just study that one.

Okay thanks everyone.

It's an excellent workbook. A good idea is to practise the positions with a friend.

Thanks! I read also in the book itself that it is useful also for giving lessons to others.

i hadn't heard of this book, it sounds like just the thing i need. i have a couple of endgame books already, but neither of them have exercises in so i'm never sure if i'm taking in what they're teaching.

SIlman's book has exercises after each chapter

I read about 80% of this book & it was very excellent ...but it have not very explain for every pazel

So what's a poor pazel to do?

I had browsed a few endgame books in the past such as Y Seirwans endgame book, pandolphinis, and 1o r 2 others  i cannot remember...but nothing really solidified my endgame understanding until I purchased Silmans Endgame Course.

Not only is this book very thorough (its massive), but its also innovative in the manner the material is organized.  Instead of being organized by endgame themes, it is instead organized by rating/difficulty level. For example, ch. 1 - ratings 0-999 ch 2. 1000-1300, ch 3 14-1700, etc.  that is not the exact layout, as I do not have the book in front of me but you get my drift.  In my opinion this is a far more logical approach to organize and learn material. 

if money is not the issue and rather time/ efficency is more important, I highly recommend silmans endgame course.  I am personally very far from the finish line.  In fact, where I am at in the book is a point that is a bit below my USCF rating..so I can easily conclude my endgame still needs work to catch up to the rest of my game..and this book pointed that out to me :)

I should also mention that endgame books are by far the dryest, least exciting chess books..and also the most likely candidate to be thrown in the drawer with the rest of the chess books you bought and never bothered to see through.  However, Silmans book is easy to follow and that may be the most significant factor in this literature actually being effective for the reader.

I like endgames you can never have too many endgame books.  Endgames lend themselves to a cute playing style (remember Capablanca's "White wins in one move" and he moved the king many squares away to a certain point or rearranging pieces on a board saying this is what you should aim for?  That style)

^^^boogie correct me if im wrong but I think you are referring to what is more considered 'schematic thinking/playing' where you sort of complete different tasks or stages that ultimately lead to the master winning plan..and you are right, this sort of style does lend itself to endgame play because positions are much more static, meaning there will be little interference of your plan regardless of your opponents moves.  good point About endgame play.

I see this is an old post but the book still seems relevant and I'd rather post here than start a new thread.

My questions are: are there other similar books? How good is this one? Has it stood the 'test of time'?

I really like this style of book. Short but detailed introduction to the topic followed by exercises on exactly that topic.

I haven't bought this book yet. But I have John Nunns 'Chess endgame workbook for kids' which is similar and certainly not for kids. Ian Snape's 'Chess endings made simple' is to the point but with the exercises at the end of the book. Yusupov's Build/boost/evolution course is similar but across all areas (and very challenging).

So are there other books like this? And now time has moved on, do more people have experience with this book or similar?

Hello bikemartyn,based on your level,as well as what you seem to be looking for,I would recommend Improve Your Endgame Play by Glenn Flear,which is a short, straight to the point endgame book that covers all you need to know and more,for your level. Another book I would recommend has been mentioned multiple times in this forum,and I really think you would benefit from it: Sillmans Complete Endgame Course, A book that attempts to cover Endgames from a beginner to master(Although Jeremy Sillman himself has noted that the book covers endgames up through the 1900 level). Because of this,the book may seem large,but in actual fact, it's recommended you only read a chapter or two after your level,and as you progress up the chess rating ladder read further.so your reading won't be as large as the book(of course you probably won't need to start at the beginning either) Good luck!!

Thanks Nicholasbenedict2007.

I have heard good reviews about the Flear book. Silman is regularly recommended but again, not quite what I'm looking for. I have Lev Alburt Winning Endgames: just the facts, Averbakh, Endgames essential knowledge and Snape.

What I was looking for was something like the Endgame Training book: introduction then lots of exercises.

My rating is 1400OTB (ECF). I played a few games on here one evening but it wasn't really for me (online chess, that is. I like otb).