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| Jan-19-17 | | Paint My Dragon: <parisattack> Great stuff. I have an original HE Atkins biography (no DJ), but could only locate the Moravian reprint of Yates' book. My green paged Alexander book has a DJ, but is sadly not one of those special tournament editions shown in your Abebooks link. I say sadly, because I was a visitor to the Alexander Memorial, where the special, numbered volumes got signed, and distributed, but as a schoolboy, my pocket money allowance could not cover it. I did however get Tony Miles to sign my Portland chess set, by way of a consolation. The green book is a delight, as you get a brief biographical introduction, which then extends seamlessly into the preambles of subsequent chapters. I much prefer when authors do that, as it keeps things flowing and provides context for the games section. |
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| Jan-19-17 | | parisattack: <Paint My Dragon> A Miles autograph would be cool! I really liked the way he played chess. I never got much into autographs or memorabilia (generally too pricey for me). I do have autographs of Nimzovitch, Marshall, Alekhine, Fischer and Larsen and an old 50s Russian chess clock. This is a fun site: http://www.chessautographs.com/Data... |
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| Jan-19-17 | | parisattack: Just FYI - The Allan Troy collection/inventory of chess books is being auctioned on eBay. Apparently several thousand items over time from the estate. Most so far have been fairly common late 20th C material (but almost all in very nice condition). Prices seem very high on a lot of them (such as the Batsford Whites which most can be had on Amazon for $2-$10) but I've found a couple bargains so far. |
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| Jan-23-17 | | parisattack: PAWN BOOKS
On the 'soul of chess.'
There are quite a few books which discuss pawns and pawn structures as part of a wider topic – Euwe’s and Pachman’s middlegame books, Simple Chess as examples. There are also a few books which deal with the pawn structures of specific openings. The very excellent Mastering series comes to mind (French, Sicilian, Nimzo-Indian, King’s Indian, Modern Benoni, and Spanish). Baburin – Winning Pawn Structures *
Beliavsky/Stetsko – Isolani Strategy: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Isolated Queen Pawn Dunnington – Pawn Power
Hay – Death by Pawns: A Comprehensive Overview of Pawn Usage in Chess Hickl – The Power of Pawns
Jiganchine – Isolated Queen Pawn: Strategy and Tactics Kmoch – Pawn Power in Chess *
Kopec – Pawn Structures and How to Play Them (DVD) * Levin – Position and Pawn Tension in Chess *
Marovic – Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess
Marovic – Understanding Pawn Play in Chess
Rios – Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide *
Soltis – Pawn Structure Chess *
I've included the Kopec DVD as I found it excellent. * = Personal favorite.
Others, please? |
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| Jan-24-17 | | Paint My Dragon: <parisattack> Nice selection! Readers might also want to check out pawn play books aimed exclusively at the endgame phase. Rook and pawn endings are more common of course, but there are some neat tricks and strategies to be learnt concerning king and pawn endings too. I'd recommend for beginner-intermediate students ... Flear - Starting Out: Pawn Endgames
And for an intermediate-expert level of treatment ... Muller & Lamprecht - Secrets of Pawn Endings
Both books cover similar ground, but the Flear book is less cluttered, more focused on the stand-out key points, and should avoid the risk of memory overload. Muller & Lamprecht are two endgame specialists who offer a more comprehensive, if more complicated understanding; extra emphasis being placed on developing skills for assessment and technique, as well as a fuller range of exercises to have a go at. |
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| Jan-24-17 | | parisattack: <Readers might also want to check out pawn play books aimed exclusively at the endgame phase.> Very true <Paint My Dragon>! Lotsa books on R & P and P endings. I am not familiar with the Muller book but Flear's is excellent. I have an old tape by Mednis on Pawn Endings but have never played it..his ending books were quite good, also. I'll have to pull my Endgame Books list, update it sometime. Thanks for checking in! |
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| Jan-27-17 | | parisattack: CHESS ENDGAME BOOKS - I
Endgame books in English (Cheron set excepted). I have not seen some of these books, especially several of the more recent volumes. Mednis wrote wonderful books - any and all of his are worthy and many can be had for a song. I have not included most of the dozen or so well-known Endgame Study books or the many lesser-known study tomes. Please add to my list!
Aagaard - Endgame Play
Alburt/Krogius - Just the Facts! -
Winning Endgame Knowledge in One Volume
Averbakh - Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge *
Averbakh - Bishop Endings ('White' Series)
Averbakh - Bishop vs Knight Endings ('White' Series)
Averbakh - Knight Endings ('White' Series)
Averbakh - Pawn Endings ('White' Series)
Averbakh - Queen and Pawn Endings ('White' Series)
Averbakh - Queen v Rook, Minor Piece Endings ('White' Series)
Averbakh - Rook Endings ('White' Series)
Averbakh - Rook v Minor Piece Endings ('White' Series)
Averbakh, et al - Comprehensive Chess Endings I
Bishop vs Knight
Averbakh, et al - Comprehensive Chess Endings II
Bishop/Knight Endings Rook/Minor Piece Ending
Averbakh, et al - Comprehensive Chess Endings, III\
Queen and Pawn Endings
Averbakh, et al - Comprehensive Chess Endings, IV
Pawn Endings
Averbakh, et al - Comprehensive Chess Endings V
Rook Endings
Ban - Tactics of the Endgame *
Barden - How to Play the Endgame in Chess
Beliavsky - Winning Endgame Strategy
Beliavsky/Mikhalchischin - Modern Endgame Practice
Beliavsky/Mikhalchischin - Winning Endgame Technique
Benko - Chess Endgame Lessons, I
Benko - Chess Endgame Lessons, II
Blake - Chess Endings for Beginners
Brieger - Challenges in the Endgame
Chernev - 200 Brilliant Endgames
Chernev - Capablanca's Best Chess Endings
Chernev - Chessboard Magic
Chernev - Practical Chess Endings *
Cheron - Manual and Handbook of Chess Endings 1
(German)
Cheron - Manual and Handbook of Chess Endings 2
(German)
Cheron - Manual and Handbook of Chess Endings 3
(German)
Cheron - Manual and Handbook of Chess Endings 4
German)
Chess Digest - Unusual Chess Endings
Convekta - Comprehensive Chess Endings
Crosskill/Freeborough - Analysis of the Chess Ending
King and Queen against King and Rook
Cunnington - Selected Chess Endings
Donaldson - Essential Chess Endings for Advanced Players *
Dvoretsky - Endgame Analysis
Dvoretsky - Trragicomedy in the Endgame
Dvoretsky/Yusupov - Secrets of Endgame Technique
Emms - Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames
Emms - The Survival Guide to Rook Endings
Euwe/Hooper - A Guide to the Chess Endings
Evans - Chess Endgame Quiz
Fine - Basic Chess Endings
Flear - Practical Endgame Play: Beyond the Basics *
Flear - Starting Out: Pawn Endgames
Flear - Test Your Endgame Thinking
Flear – Improve Your Endgame Play
Freeborough - Chess Endings: A Companion to Chess Openings
Ancient and Modern
Freeborough - Selected Chess End-Games
Giddins - 101 Endgame Tips
Giddins - The Greatest Ever Chess Endgames *
Griffiths - The Ending in Modern Theory and Practice
Grivas - Practical Endgame Play: Mastering the Basics *
Hansen - Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy
Hellsten - Mastering Endgame Strategy
Hooper - A Pocket Guide to the Chess Endgames
Hooper - Practical Chess Endgames
Horowitz - How to Win in the Chess Endings
Horwitz/Kling - Chess Studies or Endings of Games
Ishee - Mastering Rook Endings
Karoli/Aplin\ Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov
Keres - Practical Chess Endings
Korchnoi - Practical Rook Endings
Kosten - Winning Endgames
Krogius - Notes on the Endgame
Lamprecht - Fundamental Chess Endings
Livshits/Speelman - Test Your Endgame Ability: Primary Level
Lund – Rook vs Two Minor Pieces
Lutz - Endgame Secrets
MacEnulty - Chess Kid's Book of King and Pawn Endgame
Makarov - Endgame
Matanovic - Encyclopedia of Chess Endings 1
Pawn Endings
Matanovic - Encyclopedia of Chess Endings 2
Rook Endings 1
Matanovic - Encyclopedia of Chess Endings 3
Pawn Endings 2
Matanovic - Encyclopedia of Chess Endings 4
Queen Endings
Matanovic - Encyclopedia of Chess Endings 5
Minor Piece Endings
McDonald - Concise Chess Endings |
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| Jan-27-17 | | parisattack: CHESS ENDGAME BOOKS – II
Mednis - Advanced Endgame Strategies *
Mednis - Better Endgame Play
Mednis - From the Opening to the Endgame *
Mednis - From the Middlegame into the Endgame
Mednis - King Power in Chess *
Mednis - Practical Bishop Endings
Mednis - Practical Endgame Lessons
Mednis - Practical Endgame Tips
Mednis - Practical Knight Endings
Mednis - Practical Rook Endings *
Mednis - Questions and Answers on Practical Endgame Play *
Mednis - Strategic Chess: Mastering the Endgame
Mednis - Strategic Themes in the Endgames
Mednis/Crouch - Rate Your Endgame
Mieses - Manual of the End Game
Michalchishin – The Modern Endgame Manual 1
Michalchishin – The Modern Endgame Manual 2
Michalchishin – The Modern Endgame Manual 3
Müller - How to Play Chess Endgames
Müller – Secrets of Pawn Endings
Müller – Understanding Rook Endgames
Naidisch – Most Instructive Endgames of 2012-2015
Naroditsky - Mastering Complex Endgames
Nesis - Exchanging to Win in the Endgame
Niharendu - One hundred Chess Endings -----
King and Pawns-Only
Nunn - Endgame Challenge
Nunn - Nunn's Chess Endings 1
Nunn - Nunn's Chess Endings 2
Nunn - Secrets of Minor-Piece Endings
Nunn - Secrets of Pawnless Endings
Nunn - Secrets of Rook Endings
Nunn - Tactical Chess Endings
Nunn - Understanding Chess Endgames *
Nunn/Adams - How to Play Chess Endgames
Pachman - Chess Endings for the Practical Player
Panchenko - Theory and Practice of Chess Endings 1
Panchenko - Theory and Practice of Chess Endings 2
Pandolfini - 111 Winning Endgames
Pandolfini - Endgame Workshop
Pandolfini - Pandolfini's Endgame Course
Perlo - Endgame Tactics
Polgar - Chess Endgames
Portisch/Sarkozy - Six Hundred Endings
Purdy - Purdy on the Endgame
Rabinovich - The Russian Endgame Handbook
Regis, et all - Ten Ways to Succeed in the Endgame
Reinfeld - Reinfeld on the Endgame in Chess
Reinfeld - Strategy in the Chess Endgame
Reinfeld - Instructive and Practical Endings
From Master Chess: Lesson 1
Reinfeld: Instructive and Practical Endings
From Master Chess: Lesson 2
Reinfeld: Instructive and Practical Endings
From Master Chess: Lesson 3
Reinfeld: Instructive and Practical Endings
From Master Chess: Lesson4
Robar - Techniques of End Game in Chess
Robertie - Basic Endgame Strategy
Rosen - Chess Endgame Training
Rozentalis – The Correct Exchange in the Endgame
Schiller - Improve...Your Endgame!
Schiller - Of Kings and Pawns
Schuster - End Games in Chess: The Essential Techniques
Seirawan - Winning Chess Endings
Sergeant - An Introduction to the Endgame at Chess
Shereshevsky - Endgame Strategy *
Shereshevsky - Mastering the Endgame 1
Open and Semi-Open Games *
Shereshevsky - Mastering the Endgame 2
Closed Games *
Silman - Silman's Endgame Course *
Silman - Essential Chess Endings Move by Move 1
Smith - Essential Chess Endings Move by Move 2
Smith - Making Chess Endings Easy to Study
Snape - Chess Endings Made Simple
Soltis: Chess Secrets: Endings *
Soltis - 100 Chess Master Trade Secrets
Speelman - Analyzing the Endgame
Speelman - Endgame Preparation
Speelman, Et Al - Batsford Chess Endings
Sukhin - Chess Camp: Elementary Endgames
Tattersall - A Thousand Chess Endings 1
Tattersall - A Thousand Chess Endings 2
Timman - Art of the Endgame
Villa Garcia - 100 Endgames You Must Know *
Ward - Starting Out: Rook Endgames
Wenman - 100 Remarkable Endings
Whitaker - 365 Selected Chess Endings
Winkelman - Modern Chess Endings
Yanofsky – How to Win End-Games
Znosko-Borovsky - How to Play Chess Endings |
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| Feb-06-17 | | Paint My Dragon: <Paris Attack> Astounding how many there are! I'd like to take a more detailed look when I get a chance, but reference to my own book shelves suggests ... Howell (James) - Essential Chess Endings
and,
Dvoretsky - Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual
... could be added to your list.
I've seen a few expert players name this one by Dvoretsky as their favourite work, not only by him, but amongst all endgame books! Shereshevsky is another revered author at elite GM level. Like you, I am personally a big fan of Nunn's 'Understanding' book (and most of Nunn's books in general). The Villa Garcia book too, grabbed my attention from the get go. |
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| Feb-07-17 | | Paint My Dragon: Another recommended read is
Jonathan Hawkins - Amateur to IM
This is described as training methods to achieve IM level (and comprises the actual program that the author followed himself). It is almost entirely based on endgame learning. |
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| Feb-07-17 | | zanzibar: <pa> In your lists, the "*" notates a recommended book I assume? Or what, exactly? |
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| Feb-07-17 | | parisattack: Hi <Paint My Dragon> - Thanks for the additions and comments. Not sure how I missed the Dvoretsky - it is indeed a modern classic! Howdy <Zanzibar> - * = Personal Favorite. I usually note such but forgot the last couple of times; old age! :) |
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| Feb-07-17 | | zanzibar: Right, that's what I thought <paris>. No worries about the old age business, it gets <everyone> in the end (well, provided they're lucky enough to get there). |
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| Feb-07-17 | | Paint My Dragon: <PA> I had a closer look, but found only one more ... Flear - Mastering The Endgame
In a nutshell - a very practical book that sticks to the most commonly encountered endings and gives helpful bullet point tips along the way. Well worth a look. |
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| Feb-07-17 | | parisattack: Thank you <Paint My Dragon> I just scooped up a copy on Amazon. I'll post an updated <French Defense> list soon;
perhaps as you have time you can assist with it also? |
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| Feb-07-17 | | Paint My Dragon: Yes, I'll certainly have a look. I think I added all that I had last time around ... but the French is an old favourite of mine, so any new posting is a welcome diversion! |
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| Feb-08-17 | | zanzibar: Flear's endgame book got a negative review by H.W. Russell: <Each chapter is dotted with large, bold-faced 'Notes' and 'Tips'
designed to help the reader absorb the general concepts. Chapters
are further sub-divided according to type of position discussed and
each concludes with several test positions to be solved.Unfortunately, the books suffers from a peculiar lack of
organization, the absence of clear guidelines for students and the
inclusion of what can only be described as motivational platitudes.
The overall impression is a book that makes a decent effort to
achieve its goal, but clearly falls short.> And also this, for sticklers...
<All the pawns on one wingWhite: Ke2, Nd4; pawns - e4, f3, g2, h2
Black: Kg7, Nd6; pawns - f7, g6, h7
This type of ending occurs time and again in practical play: one
player wins a pawn but the other succeeds in exchanging off all the
pawns on one wing.
[...]
There is one aspect of this example that, at the very least, is a little
troubling. This position was seen in Reuben Fine's opus magnus
Basic Chess Endings, first published over sixty years ago. It is
position No. 130 in that book. Of course, the analysis in BCE is
much more extensive, as it should be in a book almost four times
longer. However, at no point does Flear credit the position to Fine
(or anyone else for that matter). At best, this is unfortunately
sloppy; at worst, well, fill in the blank yourself. (Concerning the
alleged use of other people's material, interested readers are
referred to current thread 240 at The Chess Cafe Bulletin Board.) > https://web.archive.org/web/2003021... I originally was alerted by this listing:
http://www.ixian.com/ead/chess/2007... . |
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| Feb-08-17 | | parisattack: Very interesting <zanzibar>. But I suppose if you crank out books like these guys do, something is bound to slip. I do like his Practical Endgame Play: Beyond the Basics. |
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| Feb-08-17 | | Paint My Dragon: <Zanzibar> Not sure I understand - the book in question is 'Mastering The Endgame', which is not the one that Russell reviewed. From a review by Soren Sogaard (Elo 2250 from Denmark):
<" ... Glenn Flear has written an interesting and very good book for
those who have learned the basics of the endgame ... Flear's way of explaining
the different endgames is very instructive and he has included a
lot of his own games. At the end of each chapter there is four exercises. Recommended to players with ELO 1500-2100."> |
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| Feb-08-17 | | zanzibar: <PmD> you're right, I just did a google search on <Flear Endgame>, and assumed that title was the same as the one previously mentioned. I had no idea Flear was such a prolific author.
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn... (bar chart!) http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=fl... (endgame titles) https://www.google.com/search?q=gle... (cover artwork) |
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| Feb-08-17 | | zanzibar: Here's a quick Watson review of yet another one of Flear's books... This time I'll be a little more explicit:
<'Improve Your Endgame Play'> <I just received Glenn Flear's 'Improve Your Endgame Play'. This is truly an elementary/learning book, containing just about all the basics and elementary techniques. Flear makes the usual point about specialised books that contain hundreds of theoretical positions, and how, if we try to learn by heart 'seemingly improbable and obscure endgame theory from dusty old tomes', 'we soon become bored, exhausted, and confused'. After this required disclaimer, Flear pretty much starts from the beginning (basic mates, converting an extra pawn, 'the square', opposition, outside passed pawns and the like). There are some more advanced positions to illustrate basic principles, but to my mind, this is an ideal teacher's book (with exercises), or a novice's self-teaching book. It is very well laid out and easily readable.> http://theweekinchess.com/john-wats... |
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| Feb-12-17 | | zanzibar: Russell Enterprise's chess book sample page:
https://www.russell-enterprises.com... * * * * *
Anybody else having trouble with the diagrams in the Reinfeld combo/mate books? I think d = dark square, w = white square, and there's some weird encoding for the actual pieces. https://static1.squarespace.com/sta... https://static1.squarespace.com/sta... (I don't have this problem with most (all?) of the other samples, thankfully) |
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| Feb-12-17 | | zanzibar: Sagar has a post on his favorite chess book over on <CB>: <Chernev's - 62 Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played> http://en.chessbase.com/post/my-fav... |
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| Feb-12-17 | | parisattack: Hi <Zan> Grazie the link. I would have to say it is one of my favs, also. My knock on it would be its more entertaining that instructive. I guess I worry it gives new players the wrong mind-set. In 'real life' chess is seldom like those games - clean, logical and strategic. But as Sagar notes, they do illustrate themes quite well. I have several of the games in 'My 50 Years in Chess' game collection. Here are the games from User TexTeky - Game Collection: 62 Most Instructive Games This started me thinking of what would be my ATF chess book. I suppose depends on criteria - instructive, entertaining, good memory... Recent tomes I would say the Chess Secrets series. Vintage...would need to cogitate some. Yours? |
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