Winning Chess Endings
Winning Chess Endings teaches endgame strategies in an exciting new way—by putting the player in the middle of the action with firsthand stories taken directly from famous matches. Pull up a chair and watch the world's most exciting chess endings. Then become an endgame master!\ Winning Chess Endings explains how to:\ *Relentlessly find checkmates, from easy to hard, in all basic endgame patterns\ *Master the intricacies of King and Pawn Endings\ *Win consistently in the most common...
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Approach every endgame with a winning strategy!Good books about endgames for beginners are few and far between. Winning Chess Endings is a great one - a gripping introduction to what you need to know to win chess endings, taught by American Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan. His entertaining, easy-to-understand style, incisive stories and insiders advice will help you develop a solid grasp of proven principles that you can apply with confidence whenever a game goes the distance. You'll learn to prevail time and again in endgames with common and uncommon combinations and pieces.Winning Chess Endings explains how to: relentlessly find checkmates, from easy to hard, in all basic endgame patterns; master the intricacies of King and Pawn Endings; win consistently in the most common endgame - the Rook ending; master the pros and cons of Bishop vs. Knight Endgames; seize the advantage in Rook Pawn and Queen Pawn endings; play like a grandmaster in solitaire endings Winning Chess Endings teaches endgame strategies in an exciting new way - by putting you in the middle of the action with firsthand stories taken directly from famous matches. Pull up a chair and watch the world's most exciting chess endings. Then become an endgame master!
AcknowledgmentsvIntroductionviiChapter 1Basic Mates1Chapter 2King and Pawn Endings21Chapter 3Queen and Pawn Endings49Chapter 4Rook Endings65Chapter 5Bishop Endings131Chapter 6Knight Endings151Chapter 7Bishop vs. Knight175Chapter 8Rook vs. Minor Pieces199Chapter 9The Rare and the "Perfect"219Resources231Index233
