Best Endgame Book out there !

I have one sitting on my shelf I have not read but heard a strong player years ago that loved it.

Domination in 2545 Endgame Studies by Kasparyan

It's a term from Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual.  It's actually quite intuitive once the position is there. 

I call that technique Make My Opponent's Bishop Do the Splits!

"Now, it has been known that apart from tactics the next best thing to improve upon as an amateur [sub-2200 player] is the endgame"

Such misinformation...You should study all phases of the game.  What becomes important to study as you approach Master is openings.

You may also consider something like this.

I found free lessons on their site and I am thinking of buying one of their courses. I submitted my e-mail address and every time they make a new free lesson they send me an e-mail. You can get their free lessons here .

See some book suggestions   on this site

currently i am studying 'pandolfini's endgame course'. it's  amazing !!! starting from very easy level taking to a good level. i love it very much.

1-Silman Endgame Course

2-Dvoretsky Endgame Manual

3-Practical Chess Ending by Paul Keres.

Good suggestion, Rex.  I was told to drop everything and read Keres,then get back to my other endgame books.

I used "A guide to chess endings" by Euwe to learn endings. I was later told on an internet forum that the book is terrible, rife with mistakes. That didnt stop my OTB rating from making a big improvement. 

I'll give you a secret. Pick any endgame book and read it cover to cover. Which one really doesn't matter much. My two current choices are Batsford Chess Endings, and Fundamental Chess Endings. 

Just the Facts by Lev Albert

Alburt's Just the Facts was a great start for me a few years ago.  I also want to mention Jesus de la Villa's recent 100 Endgames You Must Know, which is excellent for knowing which theoretical endings are won or drawn, and how to win or draw them.  I've read it cover to cover and revisit it often.  Does exactly what it intends to do.  I'll also never mess up another B&N mate again, thanks to that book (I've drawn two so far). 

Another recent book worth mentioning (since this thread is seven years old), is van Perlo's Endgame Tactics, which is fun and very useful for endgame pattern recognition.  As always, if you mess up the tactics, you can forget about the strategy.

not a single mention of Shereshesky's works on the endgame? I've been hearing a significant amount of praise from very extremely well seasoned chess players and book collectors. 

That's the other book (actually, the new edition is a single volume, I think, but the original is in three volumes) my coach recommended.  However, I haven't gone through it, so I didn't mention it.

2 very good books proposed by many people. I have practical chess endings and you can also see endgame strategy. Both very popular and really good.

There is also Panchenko's 2 book set called "theory and practice of chess endings".

Wow... Never heard of those.  

Has anyone else read these?

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

I'd be interested in that too. Anyone here who read "Mastering the endgame"?

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