At 1300 Level, I'd recommend the Endgame Book by Jeremy Silman. Don't recall the exact title, but if you search by author, it should show up.
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pfren wrote:
Basic Chess Endings by Keres. Endgame Strategy by Shereshevsky is also a must.
Later on (much later) you can read Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual.
Mueller's Fundamental Chess Endings is also a very good book.
I would not bother too much about any other endgame book.
To be more accurate, the book by Keres is titled "Practical Chess Endings"
Pfren:
Practical Chess Endings by Keres
Basic Chess Endings by Reubin Fine.
I like the Fine book and have not seen the Keres, which may be better.
cfujimori
I find many books are quite good, but think a general principles book may be better than a reference tome for a 1300 player. Pfren seems to say the same. Also, a competing site, Chess Tactics, has piles of endgame drills and lots of R+P vs R situations. Unless you pay, they limit you to 2 endgame puzzles per day.
I am ~1300 player looking for a good endgame book. I'd like some thing that includes all the basic stuff (R vs K, P vs K) especially thorough analysis of R v P endgames. What would you recommend?