book reccomendations

I recently decided to study the endgame more seriously. My coach has suggested Karsten Muller's "fundamental Chess Endings" which I have begun studying and seems rather good. Maybe I should just stick with this book for now but I am kind of wondering if reading other books in addition to this one might make things more interesting.....like maybe a game collection of a great endgame player. I find playing through the games of great players increases my enthusiasm for the subject...no matter what I am studying. Any suggestions?

I enjoyed and learned a lot from "The Greatest Ever Chess Endgames" by Steve Giddins. He annotates 50 games with an emphasis on detailed explanations of positional features and plans. A feature I like is that he provides the entire game so you can play through the opening and middlegame on a chessboard and see all that led to the featured endgame. It's a good book to go with "Fundamental Chess Endings," which I also have and often refer to. Good luck with your endgame studies!  

please share books via PDF documents, I'd like to know a thing or two

Snape for beginners, Dvoretsky and Muller for everyone else. Then Speelman for sheer creative brilliance. 

I have this one I find interesting and entertaining:

MEDNIS, Edmar - Practical Endgame Tips. London : Everyman Chess, 1998

Great idea to look at games by great endgame players. I would recommend a game collection af Capablanca or Larsen, two of the best endgame players of all time.

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...

also contains some good annotated games collections, as well as endgame books...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

Thanks for all the suggestions.....I probably have enough material already for studying theoretical positions...I already have dvoretskys end game manual and Mullers Fundamental chess endgames...plus I am doing endgame training with a titled player. What I am looking for  is something to inspire me to continue to study hard. I think several of the suggested books may help do that but I'm not actually feeling the need to get something just yet....as my motivation is still quite strong. I think what I'll do is make a list of books from the thread and buy a few when my motivation starts to wane...which is bound to happen at some point....chess is hard.

hey Toldsted.... do you know a good game collection book of Larsen?

This one is the classic with his own very instructive and entertaining notes: https://www.amazon.com/Larsens-Games-Hardinge-Simpole-Classics/dp/184382082X 

Thanks...Ill have to check that one out sometime)

Grandmaster Chess Strategy: What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces

This book analysis 80 games of swedish grandmaster Ulf Andersson, an specialist in endgame.

+1 Fundamental Chess Endings by Karsten Muller & Frank Lamprecht which for me clarified much of Reuben Fine's earlier analysis in his definitive endgame book 'Basic Chess Endings'

Does anybody know what the difference is between M&K's FCE (the part of the book dedicated to pawn endings), and M&K's Secrets of Pawn Endings?  (I've seen chapter 1 & 2 of Secrets, and love it).  Is the latter a more thorough treatment of pawn endings?  Or did FCE simply incorporate all of Secrets into it?

Fundamental Chess Endings is great. Carlsen endorsed it.

My friend @kingaspongey tells me that the Pawns chapter in FCE is 37pp.  Secrets of Pawn Endings is around 270 pp.

I think that pretty definitively answers my question!

Excellent book!!!!

According to Silman's Complete Endgame Course  by Jeremy Silman (which I highly recommend for every player rated below 2000 Elo), in Part 9 he features what he says are the Five Greatest Endgame Players of All Time - Emmanuel Lasker, Akiba Rubinstein, Capablanca, Vasily Smyslov, Bobby Fischer.

Capablanca's Best Chess Endings by Chernev is a classic with 60 complete games by one of the all-time great endgame players.

I will just comment that I wouldn't recommend Fundamental Chess Endings or Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual for most players under 2200.  Going through either of these books would be a large amount of work for a 2400 player; it would be an overwhelming amount of work for most players 2000 and below.  

Something more concise like Silman's Complete Endgame Course,  Nunn's Understanding Chess Endings or Keres' Practical Chess Endings (you only need one of these) would probably be more doable.  Don't try to run before you learn to walk.