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"Learn from the Legends" - Mihail Marin The book consists of the following chapters: 1. Akiba Rubinstein's Rook Endings 2. Alexander Alekhine and the Fourth Phase of the Game 3. In the Patriarch's Footsteps 4. Tal's Super Rooks vs. Two Minor Pieces 5. Petrosian's Exchange Sacrifices 6. Bobby Fischer's Pet Bishop 7. Karpov's Opposite Coloured Bishops Endings 8. Viktor, the "Non-Existent" Hero There is also a bibliography, two forewords, short introductions to each chapter (about 1 page each), biographies of the chessplayers (about 1.5 pages each) and two indices (Index of complete games, Index of game fragments). 1. Information is the Chapter you find it in (e. g. C1 means "Chapter 1"). 2. Category (e. g. "Coverting a material advantage 1") - but I shortened the titles of the categories a bit. 3. Complete game score ("C") or game fragment ("F") - since the book focuses on endgames most games are fragments (i. e. no opening or middlegame moves are given). 79 games, 1906-2003 1...d6. A very interesting opening with no name === Some sources: (1)"Play 1…d6 Against Everything: A Compact and Ready-to-use Black Repertoire for Club Players", New in Chess, 2017, 208 pages by Erik Zude and Jörg Hickl (2)"A Cunning Chess Opening for Black: Lure Your Opponent into the Philidor Swamp!", New in Chess, 2015, 288 pages by Sergey Kasparov (3) "The Old Indian: Move by Move", Everyman, 2015, 496 pages by Junior Tay (4) "1...d6: Move by Move", Everyman, 2012, 400 pages by Cyrus Lakdawala (5) "The New Old Indian: A Repertoire for Black Against 1 d4", 2011, 160 pages by Alexander Cherniaev and Eduard Prokuronov (6) "The Philidor Files: Detailed Coverage of a Dynamic Opening", Everyman Chess, 2007, 304 pages by Christian Bauer (7) "A Universal Weapon 1.d4 d6: The All-Purpose Defence for Black", Chess Stars, 2011, 224 pages by Vladimir Barsky (8) "Geheimwaffe Philidor", Chessgate, 2005, 132 pages by Christian Seel (9) "An Explosive Chess Opening Repertoire for Black", Gambit, 2002, 192 pages by Jouni Yrjola and Jussi Tella === Content/ The Umbrella Themes for the games 1) Endgame Variation -1a)The d4-Endgame Variation -1b)The e4-Endgame Variation 2) Philidor 3) Pirc 4) Modern (Setups after 1.e4. Hedgehog, Hippopotamus etc.) 5) The Old Indian 6) The Wade Defence (Also called Hodgson or Tartakower Defence, with The Pribyl/Rat) Appendix I The pros of Space Advantage II The contras of Space Advantage 13 games, 1953-2014 Anatoly Karpov's Best Games Game number 1. 43 games, 1968-1994 Chess Structures _ Rios 87 games, 1969-2014 Grandmaster Chess Strategy 71 games, 1971-2003 Pawn Structure Chess Games from Andy Soltis' book Pawn Structure Chess 93 games, 1834-1975 Positional Chess Handbook I Games from "Positional Chess Handbook (Israel Gelfer)" 141 games, 1896-1986 Positional Chess Handbook II Continuation of Positional Chess Handbook I 186 games, 1857-1986 Python Strategy (Petrosian) Games from ‘Python Strategy' by Tigran Petrosian. 109 games, 1945-1982