Mikhalchishin: Mastering essential rook endgames

Autor: Adrian Mikhalchishin
Verlag: Chess Evolution
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Sprache: Englisch
Buchumschlag: paperback
Seiten: 320

We are very proud to present the first FIDE-approved endgame manual, written by 3 of the world leading experts: FIDE Senior Trainers IGM Mikhalchishin, IGM Grivas and IGM Balogh. A total of 8 endgame books will take you step-by-step from king & pawn endgames all the way through to extremely complex and materially-unbalanced endgames. Become an expert and learn to enjoy even more the "silent beauty" of the endgame.

Contents

Key to symbols

Introduction

Editorial preface

Chapter 1. Rook against pawns

Chapter 2. Classic rook endings 1: An extra passed flank pawn

Chapter 3. Classic rook endings 2: An extra passed d-pawn

Chapter 4. Classic rook endings 3: An extra flank pawn revisited

Chapter 5. Isolated pawns in rook endgames

Chapter 6. The transfer from the opening into rook endgames

Chapter 7. The Korchnoi-Smyslov endgame

Chapter 8. Botvinnik’s endgames

Chapter 9. Smyslov’s endgames

Chapter 11. Best rook endgame studies

Chapter 12. Rook and pawn endgame tests

318 Seiten, 2019, kartoniert, englisch.

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