How to win an endgame like this
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Jan 10, 2026
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https://www.chess.com/blog/syouzz/amazing-endgame-skill-game-at-redcliffe-chess-club-tournament this blog showcases one of the best demonstration of zugzwang plotting in chess endgames otb.
syouzz 写道:
https://www.chess.com/blog/syouzz/amazing-endgame-skill-game-at-redcliffe-chess-club-tournament this blog showcases one of the best demonstration of zugzwang plotting in chess endgames otb.
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Hi， do you know which chess books are good fits for a chess.com elo 1600 player?
for endgames, which following book is better between Fundamental Chess Endings , Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual , Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics？ Or you can recommend other materials
for openings ,which opening repertoire series are better between Chess Openings for White/Black, Keep It Simple 1.e4/d4/for Black? Or you can recommend other materials
for middle games, do you have some recommendations ?
Thank you in advance!!!
For endings, De la Villa's "100 endgames you must know" is a fine book, which keeps things simple for a new player.
For openings, I would rather go for Sielecki's "Keep it Simple 1.e4", and I would prefer the first edition over the second, because it does keep things really simple, and also because the absolute value of an opening is irrelevant: Today all major openings lead to equality, and also because they are the least important part of the game for everyone up to 2000+. Same goes for a Black repertoire, just pick anything authored by a good player as long as it is simple and lite.
The most important thing is of course tactics and strategy/planning. There are a lot of great books there, but a fairly recent one made a great impression to me. It is Sam Shankland's "Small Steps to Giant Improvement", which can be used b y intermediates but also by post-beginners- but it must be a SLOW read.
And of course one cannot go wrong with Yusupov's fantastic training courses on Quality Chess, which are still top notch if you follow the author's instructions about the way they must be used.
one more question, are "100 endgames you must know workbook " and "100 endgame patterns you must know" also good book for me?
I would say get the knight closer, then move the pawn up for a forced trade, if take, trade, no take, you eventually promote after taking. Then take the 2 side pawns, closest to the king with your knight and closest to the edge with the king, then promote both pawns if you want.