Practical Endgame Play: Mastering the Basics: The Essential Guide to Endgame Fundamentals

Front......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Bibliography & Acknowledgements
......Page 7
Foreword......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1 The Golden Rules of the Endgame
......Page 12
2 Introduction and The Opposition
......Page 14
3 Key Rules
......Page 21
4 Important Techniques
......Page 28
5 Further Practical Examples
......Page 35
6 Introduction and Rook vs. Pawn(s)
......Page 41
7 Rook & Pawn vs. Rook......Page 51
8 Rook & 2 Pawn s vs. Rook......Page 59
9 Rook & 2 Pawns vs. Rook & Pawn......Page 70
10 Rook & 3 Pawns vs. Rook & 2 Pawns
......Page 78
11 Rook & 4 Pawns vs. Rook & 3 Pawns on the same wing
......Page 84
12 Rook & 5 Pawns vs. Rook and 4 Pawns......Page 95
13 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed a-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns......Page 101
14 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed b-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns......Page 111
15 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed c-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns
......Page 119
16 Rook & 4 Pawns with a passed d-pawn vs. Rook & 3 Pawns......Page 124
17 General Rook Endgame Technique
......Page 132
18 Bishop vs. Pawn(s)......Page 149
19 Same-coloured Bishop Endgames
......Page 155
20 Opposite-coloured Bishop Endgames
......Page 174
21 Knight vs. Pawn(s)
......Page 180
22 Knight Endgames
......Page 188
23 Good Bishop vs. Bad Knight
......Page 203
24 Good Knight vs. Bad Bishop
......Page 212
25 Rook vs. Bishop
......Page 224
26 Rook vs. Knight
......Page 242
27 Rook & Bishop vs. Rook
......Page 252
28 Rook & Knight vs. Rook
......Page 258
29 Rook vs. Minor Pieces
......Page 263
30 Queen & Pawn Endgames
......Page 273
31 Queen vs. Various Major & Minor Pieces
......Page 293
Index of Players
......Page 316
Back......Page 322
Leere Seite......Page 2