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achintyads
Aruthran wrote:

DVORETSKY'S ENDGAME MANUAL AND SILMAN'S COMPLETE ENDGAME COURSE ARE OUTSTANDING BOOKS

I am currently studying this Silman's book. Amazing !

ModestAndPolite

No one has yet mentioned Endgame Strategy by Shereshevsky. It is more about the mindset you need to play endings well than endgame theory, but does have plenty of interesting positions and analysis as well.

There are many more good endgame books that have not been mentioned.  

Pachman wrote a good one (Chess Endings for the Practical Player) that does not intimidate you with masses of standard positions and an encyclopaedic style.

Reinfeld's   books (Instructive and Practical Endings From Master Chess, Practical Endgame Play )

Jonathan Hawkins (Amateur to IM) re-inforces the importance of studying endings through the example of of his own relatively late development (FM at 25, GM at 31) and shows you the right way to study the endgame.

 

kindaspongey

Has Qubit posted in this thread since 2008?

KholmovDM

Kalinichenko's Course of Chess Endings is great, if you can find a copy in English. It covers two parts - theoretical endgames and practical endgames.  The theoretics covers all the endgame principles and they key positions every player should know.  The practical endgames section is dedicated to objective endgame analysis, determining the characteristics of a position and its weaknesses, strengths, and factors which will force a draw, if any.  The second part draws mostly from informative endgames played by famous players. 

akshat_TS_MILLIE

harikrishna  end game magic 

 

evert823

http://britishchessnews.com/2021/07/27/tactical-training-in-the-endgame/

I wonder if anyone has taken a look at this book? And for which rating could this be recommended?