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Fundamental Chess Endings Paperback – August 1, 2001

by Karsten Müller (Author), Frank Lamprecht (Author)

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In a major event in chess publishing, two German endgame experts have produced a masterly one-volume encyclopaedia that covers all major endgames.

This is the first truly modern one-volume endgame encyclopaedia. It makes full use of endgame tablebases and analytical engines that access these tablebases; where previous authors could only make educated guesses, Müller and Lamprecht have often been able to state the definitive truth, or get much closer to it.

New time-controls involve competitive games being played to a finish in one session, so it is especially important that chess-players understand the key endgame principles. This book provides comprehensive assistance for any players wishing to study the endgame. In addition to a feast of detailed analysis, the authors emphasize the practical side of endgame play, describing rules of thumb, principles, and thinking methods.

Fundamental Chess Endings is both the ideal endgame reference work, and a work that can be read from start to finish. Notably, this very book was studied intensively by current World Champion Magnus Carlsen in his youth.

Karsten Müller is a grandmaster from Germany who competes regularly in the Bundesliga and in international events. He finished third in the German Championship in 1996, and was runner-up in 1997. He is a noted authority on both practical and theoretical endgames. Frank Lamprecht is also from Germany, and is an international master. He has been a chess trainer since 1983 and was also co-author (with Karsten Müller) of the highly acclaimed Secrets of Pawn Endings.

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“Müller has established a reputation in the chess world in the past few years as a paragon of accuracy and objectivity in the realm of endgame analysis” – IM Malcolm Pein, Daily Telegraph

Winner of the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award

“the authors have somehow managed to create that rare beast – a readable encyclopaedia. Although theoretical in nature and fairly comprehensive in scope, the authors have tried to keep the reader on side with verbal explanations where required, and exercises to keep the book interactive. ... I have found no mistakes so far, so there is not too much more to say. If you only have one endgame book, it should be this one.” – GM Jonathan Rowson

“A book has emerged that looks to be the new standard for endgame evaluations ... I recommend this book highly” – Cecil Rosner, Winnipeg Free Press

About the Author

Karsten Müller is a young grandmaster from Germany, who competes regularly in the Bundesliga and in international events. He finished third in the German Championship in 1996, and was runner-up in 1997. He is a noted authority on both practical and theoretical endgames.

Frank Lamprecht is from Germany, and is an international master. He has been a chess trainer since 1983 and was co-author (with Karsten Müller) of the highly acclaimed Secrets of Pawn Endings.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1901983536
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gambit Publications; Illustrated edition (August 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781901983531
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1901983531
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 6 and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.8 x 1.2 x 9.8 inches

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Paul Paradis

Masterfully presented information on every single kind of endgame combination in existence; simply the best modern primer

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2015

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The need for at least a little bit of functional knowledge of endgame play becomes a fact of life for anyone who is at least moderately serious about improving their game. On top of this, study of the endgame allows a person the ability to get inside the mechanics of play for each individual piece. So, one's comprehension of the game improves on a couple of different levels simultaneously.

In this book, Karsten Muller and Frank Lamprecht give introductory coverage of every endgame combination there is, including the dreaded bishop/knight ending. While there may be books out there that cover specific endings more deeply, the amount of material covered here is comprehensive and voluminous enough that:
a- a person's abilities with endgame play will be improved in a way that will carry them forward for a while to come, and
b- the same person will require a fair amount of time to sit with the material and digest it.

I have been working with this book for several weeks now, and I think I could possibly get through it with a fair amount of retention in about a year. But, this is first class chess education, so it simply takes time.

At any rate, the authors in question are very erudite in relation to the subject matter at hand, and present the material in a way that is accessible and able to be assimilated. Everything is rendered in algebraic, with the main lines indicated in bold type, and the main subvariations in parentheses. Analysis is succinct and to the point.

Now then, get to work, and embed everything in your long term memory. Then go out and defeat Anand and Carlsen with ease. Rinse and repeat.

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Mark Twain9

It covers enough of everything. Great second endgame book.

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2011

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I'm a class C player. I got this book in hopes of a continuation of Pandolfini's Endgame Course. The table of contents sure looks beautiful, since it covers a little of everything, including each advanced concepts in much more detail than Pandolfini, and others he does not cover. Some other reviewers said the ratio of pages does not match the frequency of occurrences, but I think the book gives enough pages to each topic to cover each concept.

I turned to page 330 as the first lesson I wanted to look at: Queen vs Minor piece. There are diagrams from real games, with the actual moves, and they are annotated by the author. The games and analysis are very instructive, but I almost wrote a bad review because of my own mistake:

In the first diagram 10.01, there is a white queen on b8 and a white king on c5. There is a black knight on e3, black king on e2, and black pawn on g2. The game continues with 1. Qg3 Kd3. The first annotation states: (1. ...Kf1?! loses the knight immediately to 2. Qf3+) Because the pawn was on the second rank, for a few minutes I assumed it was going the other direction, as if black were white. I thought 2. Qf3+ loses to 2. ...gxf3. I looked at other examples and was annoyed by the same problems, and thought the computer analysis was absent. Finally, after writing a bad review including the examples and page numbers, I realized my error. Looking at the annotation again, I now realize just how thorough this book is. The games are heavily annotated, pointing out how one side could have won sooner. A third game teaches an exception to a rule given in the second game, showing how the side with the bishop and pawn got a draw.

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Cesar Navejar

Excellent reference for players from 1800-up

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2016

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Excellent for amateurs and professionals. The book presents a few examples, it is recommendable after finish the book, go to other books where several examples are presented such as Fine's BCE or Sahovski's ECE. It is highly suggested to have a program suppported by ending tablebases to prove the solutions on those books. Now in this days, a chess ending book MUST have supported solutions with a computer. The best way to finish the book is with a lot of patience and try to solve each example and of course each exercise. Try to write notes in each example and use principles such as opposition, corresponding squares, "shoulder-charging", etc. The basic endings an amateur should learn by heart are basic pawn endings (few pawns), rook endings (rook vs pawn or pawns, rook and pawn vs rook) and queen endings. In queen endings is highly recommendable to learn the zones when a queen faces a pawn on the seventh rank in the rook or bishop file.

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RENE VERGARA

Good book for its purpose

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2010

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I bought his book in the hopes of studying and improving my game in the endgames department. Sadly, this is not what this book is about.

I am not sure how the book will hold up over time, physically. It is a very thick volume with a paperback cover that bends a bit under its own weight on the bookshelf.

The content is a very detailed, almost encyclopaedic, compendium of endgames. I see this book more of a reference for someone who is analysing a game and wants to find a way to conduct a particular endgame, perhaps useful for correspondence games.

For the chess student, there are more educational books on the topic of endgames out there.

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Nemanja Milanovic

Endgame

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2021

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The most extensive endgame book out there. I wouldnt recommend reading it cover to cover unless you really have time for it as some of the positions are just too much but there is so much useful material in it that this book is a must if you want to improve your endgame understanding and precise calculation!

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Ulrich Dirr

Modern Classic Endgame Manual

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2016

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This is one of the new classics which every serious player must have on the bookshelf (physically or digitally). On every diagram one gets a definitive assessment thanks to computer databases using the so called "Nunn Convention" (an English grandmaster who wrote several outstanding endgame books). This is a great help for the authors who can concentrate on the winning/drawing methods, their general writings and conclusions but it is also very helpful for the reader who don't need to worry about wrong analysis (99% true ;-). I like the digital edition as a good companion to the printed book. Especially when solving exercises this comes in handy. But be sure to read in one column mode otherwise you will see the solution is on the right column ...

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leandro grummt

Livro fundamental pra quem quer estudar finais.

Reviewed in Brazil on May 17, 2022

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Livro perfeito para quase qualquer faixa de rating. Material rico e não possui uma linguagem dificil.

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Tirabuzón

Un clásico del siglo xxi

Reviewed in Spain on January 29, 2021

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Junto con los 100 finales de La Villa, y endgame manual de Dvoretsky, se ha convertido en un clásico.

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Emy

Prodotto e tempistica ok.

Reviewed in Italy on February 3, 2019

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In linea con quanto proposto e mi aspettavo

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Amit Sharma

Amazing Book Fastest Delivery!

Reviewed in India on September 3, 2017

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Superb book for Endgames!!

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Guillaume G.

Un livre indispensable et passionnant !

Reviewed in France on December 6, 2016

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Livre en anglais mais très simple à comprendre.
Ce livre est absolument indispensable dans la bibliothèque de tout joueur intermediaire et plus. En effet, il donne les clés pour analyser correctement les fin de parties en fonction des pièces restantes et surtout les principes théoriques de chaque finales, avec évidemment énormément d'exemples. Les règles théoriques, les principes et les conseils pertinents abondent. Tous les coups ont été méticuleusement vérifiés par les meilleurs logiciels d'échecs.
Un tableau récapitulatif des fréquences des différentes finales vous permettra de les travailler dans l'ordre de fréquence ce qui est très efficace (statistiques faites sur près de 1,7 million de parties).
Les éléments théoriques et méthodes de réflexion que vous decouvrirez dans ce livre sont immuables et vous serviront pour le restant de vos jours. Ce livre vous fera progresser rapidement. Vous n'aurez plus peur des fin de parties car vous saurez comment jouer et pour quelle issue (victoire ou nulle).

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