Look around for one or more of the following at amazon, eBay and used bookstores:
1234 Endgame Studies by M A Sutherland & H M Lommer, Dover 1968
Practical Chess Endings by Irving Chernev, Dover 1961 - great beginners book!
Practical Chess Endings by GM Keres, RHM, 1981
A Guide to Chess Endings by Dr Euwe & David Hooper, Dover 1976
And of course the english-language one volume endgame Bible: Basic Chess Endings by GM Fine - as a reference supplement to all other endgame books
thanks i will!
man i didnt even imagined how many mistakes i have made in this game! well i guess that what you are saying about the opening is probably true because i have analyzed the position with the isolated pawn and i saw that black can put alot of pressure on the pawn but i think that this move is playable if you dont know any caro cann or french theory
man i didnt even imagined how many mistakes i have made in this game! well i guess that what you are saying about the opening is probably true because i have analyzed the position with the isolated pawn and i saw that black can put alot of pressure on the pawn but i think that this move is playable if you dont know any caro cann or french theory
Well, someone rated higher than me would also find tons of mistake in my analysis... And at many places your move was more accurate that what I would have played in 5 or 10 min blitz. The biggest mistake in that game was Black allowing you to keep the advanced pawn thus retaining some advantage.
As for the IQP, the idea is that its owner, usually White after QGA for example, has some initiative and the IQP is used to support the pieces. If you just get an isolated pawn for nothing you only get a weakness.
man endgames are getting really common in my play heres a game i played as white
i would really like to know what books you would recommend on the french as white and on the endgame