how to improve your game by studying endgame?
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Akash70000
Jul 23, 2018
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#1
why we should study endgame? it occurs very less in our games.
why not only study strategy and tactics?
how can endgame studying improve our game?
I really don't know whether I should spend some time studying endgame.
any suggestions?
"... we can see from the above that players who are happy as White to play for a small edge in a queenless middlegame have a number of lines where they can achieve the sort of position they want. Even in other variations, the willingness to settle for a near-equal endgame, rather than trying to obtain an objective opening advantage, makes one's whole job of opening repertoire management very much easier. ... With his superb intuition and depth of positional understanding, [Petrosian] was accustomed to treating the opening relatively flippantly, and did not normally strive very hard to gain a theoretical advantage. ... it seems to me that for many players below master level, having a repertoire where there is minimal need to prepare could in fact be quite attractive. It must be remembered that, despite its shortcomings, Petrosian's approach proved good enough to wrest the world title out of the hands of Botvinnik, one of the best-prepared players ever. ..." - FM Steve Giddins (2003)
Jul 24, 2018
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#4
In my humble opinion you should study engages. Look at games of Capablanca and Rubinstein. They were very good at nursing a small advantage through the middle game and converting it to a win by precise endgame play.
Various endgame study possibilities discussed at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103149/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review594.pdf
https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/silmans-complete-endgame-course/
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7742.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105702/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review645.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9026.pdf
http://chessimprover.com/averbakhs-chess-endings-essential-knowledge/
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101138/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review373.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708234309/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review704.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Understanding_Chess_Endgames.pdf
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/endings-endings-endings
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/the-end-game-comes-before-we-know-it
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/theres-an-end-to-it-all
Before buying any particular book, I suggest going to the publisher site to see if it is possible to view a sample.
Akash70000 wrote:
any books please?
do you know spongey or was that coincidence?
Casablanca may have been the first World Champion to advocate the study of endgame.
Jul 24, 2018
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#9
SeniorPatzer wrote:
Casablanca may have been the first World Champion to advocate the study of endgame.
Casablanca was a movie
Capablanca was the player :-)
Jul 25, 2018
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#10
Petrosian and Botvinnik games are also for studying endgame. any good modern player for endgame?
Akash70000 έγραψε:
Petrosian and Botvinnik games are also for studying endgame. any good modern player for endgame?
Two of the Viking kind: Ulf Andersson, and (of course) Magnus.
Jul 25, 2018
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pfren wrote:
thank you
Akash70000 έγραψε:
Petrosian and Botvinnik games are also for studying endgame. any good modern player for endgame?
Two of the Viking kind: Ulf Andersson, and (of course) Magnus.
Jul 25, 2018
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#13
pfren wrote:
thank you
Akash70000 έγραψε:
Petrosian and Botvinnik games are also for studying endgame. any good modern player for endgame?
Two of the Viking kind: Ulf Andersson, and (of course) Magnus.
Keith Arkell is good for rook endgames. Check out the chapter on him in the Sadler/Reagan book and the accompanying YouTube videos.