A Guide to Chess Endings [Paperback]

Max Euwe (Author), David Hooper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1976

This book offers clear, thorough coverage of the most important, frequently encountered endgame situations. 331 examples are analyzed (each with its own diagram), including 30 examples of Queen endings, and 100 examples each of pawn endings, minor piece endings, and rook endings.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486233324
• ISBN-13: 978-0486233321
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,209,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for endings, January 14, 2000

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"mario_goh" - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Guide to Chess Endings (Paperback)

This book is great for self-study on chess endings. It is clearly written, with examples drawn from actual practical play. What can I say, it is one of those rare good chess books written by an ex-world champion for aspiring chess players. Although it is no Bobby Fischer's "My 60 most memorable games", it will improve the chess amateur's approach to the endgame. Forget those new fad books by Eric Schiller and others. These books are more hot air than substance. Learn from the old masters and formulate own way of improving your own chess.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BORING, but EXCELLENT! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!, March 6, 2006

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Andre E. Harding (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Guide to Chess Endings (Paperback)

I must say at first that this book is one of the most boring endgame books one could ever read. That said, this book is excellent! The abundance of examples allow for comparison of similar but different winning/drawing techniques, and you can certainly trust Max Euwe (World Champion 1935-37).

The book is quite dry, but extremely COMPLETE and CONCISE. And that is what counts. This book improved my endgame play dramatically (To provide a reference point, I am a USCF Class A Player).

There are other, more "exciting" endgame books available, but this one deserves close study. If you're not into "hardcore" endgame study, you may want to take a look at ESSENTIAL CHESS ENDINGS by GM Howell, which is quite good and gets the point across. I also think IM Aagard's books are also excellent for taking a look at the practical play of endgames.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not complete enough, January 31, 2010

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John Bleau (Quebec, QC Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Guide to Chess Endings (Paperback)

This book is inexpensive, methodical and no nonsense, but it omits some very important and/or basic endings. The main class of omissions is between different kinds of pieces: R vs N and/or B, Q vs R, Q vs R+P, R vs R and B (it does cover B vs N); and the basic mates. It's good didactically, but there's better. It's halfway between a reference manual and an introduction to endgames. I loved my copy and it's tattered from use, but while the old general chess instruction books (like Lasker's Manual of Chess) have not been surpassed, today's endgame books are your best bets. I recommend Jesus de la Villa's "100 Endgames You Should Know" for learning, and later, as a reference manual, something like "Fundamental Chess Endings" or "Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual."