Endgame book for a modest chess club player [1600-1700] FIDE

Hi,

If you are a modest chess club player (1650 Elo FIDE) who has NEVER study endgames in detail. A part of the basic ones, 1R+K, 2R+K, Q+K, 2B+K, B+N+K without paws. And a few concepts of King+one paw endgames, like opposition. 

If that all you know about chess endgames. What would be the next step?. What would be a good book to start from?.

Also, if it is possible, a book which is not in the style of an encyclopaedia. Something easy to read. A short book with a general approach.

Thank you very much 

"... the 2000+ player for which 100 Endgames You Must Know is really intended ..."

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105702/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review645.pdf

"... Players from 2000 up to International Master will find 100 ENDGAMES YOU MUST KNOW quite useful." - IM John Donaldson

http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/100-Endgames-You-Must-Know-78p3863.htm

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9026.pdf

Various endgame study possibilities considered at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103149/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review594.pdf

https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/silmans-complete-endgame-course/

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7742.pdf

https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105702/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review645.pdf

http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/100-Endgames-You-Must-Know-78p3863.htm

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9026.pdf

http://chessimprover.com/averbakhs-chess-endings-essential-knowledge/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101138/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review373.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708234309/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review704.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Understanding_Chess_Endgames.pdf
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/endings-endings-endings
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/the-end-game-comes-before-we-know-it
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/theres-an-end-to-it-all
Before buying any particular book, I suggest going to the publisher site to see if it is possible to view a sample.

Shereshevskys 3 of his books all you need trust me on this .

https://www.amazon.com/Books-Mikhail-Shereshevsky/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AMikhail%20Shereshevsky

1.Endgame strategy 

2. Mastering the endgame 2 books 

If you don't want to buy all 3 which I strongly recommend, then one book is a MUST 

1. Endgame strategy 

There are plenty of great books on endings. But you have to decide if you want to have a book which will end on your bookshelf or a book that you will really learn at a daily basis, from cover to cover. Most people know that endgames are important, but usually they will go back to learn openings instead of go on working with the endgames. The best way to prevent this is to learn with a system that almost force you to learn everyday and is based on spaced repetition. Both you will find in Chessable.

But if you are very disciplined to build up an own system with spaced repetition then almost every book suggested above will be suited to you. But such a system is time consuming, and why to do this if you have the whole thing available in Chessable? Anyway, the books Basic Endgames and the book Rook Emdgames by John Bartholomew are available for free, so you don’t have to spend money with this. CHeck also the video on endgame by John Bartholomew in YouTube, with the most important rook endgames. 

"... one will not learn the basics from [Shereshevsky's 'Endgame Strategy'] at all; ... I like this book a lot, but it has more to do with transitions from the middlegame than with endings themselves." - IM John Watson (2000)
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/endings-endings-endings

https://www.chess.com/article/view/quotendgame-strategyquot-by-mikhail-shereshevsky

"... The second part of [The Shereshevsky Method] is a concentrated version of Endgame Strategy, ..."
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9056.pdf

http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Fundamental_Chess_Endings.pdf

"... The only real problems with [Basic Chess Endings] are the errors and the fact that it is now very dated. ... the book is now in algebraic notation and the layout has in some ways been improved. ... Perhaps the greatest disappointment ... lay in the failure to correct many of the errors in Fine's book. ... I don't think it is acceptable in the 21st century to produce an endgame book without computer- and database-checking. ... the book can be recommended for Fine's groundbreaking general explanations. Just don't expect complete accuracy or up-to-date endgame theory." - GM John Nunn (2006)

Thank you very much to all of you for your kindly suggestions. I am considering all of them to recollect information and decide which path to take. Again, thank you so much.

I suggest A guide to chess endings by Max Euwe . It is the only endgame book I've ever owned / read. Covers all basics of chess endgames. Rooks endgame chapter is superb. Only drawback is that it's in old chess notions ( Descriptive?). I bought mine used off Amazon for $5 including shipping.

Yes, descriptive notation. 

But that is not a drawback.

All chess players should know how to read descriptive, it opens up a lot of the old chess works for reading. 

More and more are being converted to algebraic but plenty will never be converted and if you do not know descriptive you miss out on some very good books and quite a bit of chess history. 

Agreed.  The only two I own in paperback!

Not forgetting 100 Endgames You Must Know by Jesus de la Villa.

My preference is Silman's Complete Endgame book, it's pretty much perfect right the way up until you reach master level (2400).

Thanks, I didn't know about the existence of "A Guide to Chess Ending". By the way, descriptive is not an issue at all.