Lakdawala/Hansen: Stark Beauty: The Chess Endgame Studies of Herman Mattison (Chess Endgame Magic & Tactics)

Autor: Hansen, Carsten; Lakdawala, Cyrus
Verlag: CarstenChess
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Sprache: English
Buchumschlag: book
Seiten: 122

In this book, the authors aim to assist the reader in becoming better at finding combinations, constructing plans, and calculating long, forcing variations. For the purpose of instruction, the material is based on the output of the brilliant endgame composer and player Herman Mattison (1894-1932), using his endgame compositions from various works and publications as well as several of his practical endgames from games entirely too short careers.

The book contains 90 examples of Mattison's work. It is divided into three parts:

1. White wins endgame studies,

2. White draws endgame studies ,

3. Mattison’s best endgames from practical games.

All with detailed analyses and comments.

Herman Mattison was one of the world's best study composers and in the 1920s and early 1930s also one of leading chess players. He was Latvian champion and won the 1924 World Amateur Championship in Paris. At the 1931 Prague Olympiad, he won against Alekhine and Rubinstein.

122 pages, paperback, 1st edition 2024