[John Emms] Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames

Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames

Endgames with kings, bishops, knights, and pawns are generally considered among the most complex and can seem quite bewildering to improving players.
This is hardly surprising given that even Grandmasters have been known to struggle in some areas of these endgames, with some examples resulting in embarrassing failure to deliver elementary checkmates!
In this user-friendly book, Grandmaster and notable endgame authority John Emms begins with the absolute fundamentals of minor piece endings.
This slowly but surely arms readers with the essential knowledge and confidence to move onto slightly trickier positions.
Using examples from practical play, Emms highlights the correct procedures as well as the typical mistakes made by both attacker and defender.
As is normal with the famed Starting Out series, there are an abundance of notes, tips, and warnings throughout the book to help improving players.
Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames is perfect for those who have previously honed their chess skills with the earlier books Starting Out in Chess, Tips for Young Players and Improve Your Endgame Play.
Key features: *Covers all crucial minor piece endings *Easy step-by-step guide to better endgame play *Ideal for improving players *User-friendly layout to help readers absorb the key ideas.

Broché : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 1857443594
ISBN-13 : 978-1857443592
Éditeur : Everyman Chess (4 septembre 2004)
Langue : : Anglais

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Three classic titles from the Everyman Chess Starting Out Series in one volume :

Starting Out: Pawn Endgames by Glenn Flear.
Starting Out: Rook Endgames by Chris Ward.
Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames by John Emms.

Endgames involving only kings and pawns are the most fundamental of all chess positions,
and a firm understanding of them is required in order to become confident of tackling more complex endings that preceded them.

As is commonplace with the renowned Starting Out series, there are an abundance of notes,
tips and warnings throughout the book to help the improving player.

In Starting Out: Pawn Endgames :

Grandmaster and distinguished endgames expert Glenn Flear focuses on the very basics of pawn endings.
Beginning with the simplest of positions and only gradually working through to more challenging material,
Flear outlines the key principles and rules, and demonstrates how these work in practical examples.
As one of the priorities of such endings is to promote pawns to queens,
Flear additionally deals with queen endings that arise naturally from the simpler form.

In Starting Out: Rook Endgames :

Grandmaster Chris Ward begins with the absolute fundamentals of rook endgames.
He gradually arms the reader with the indispensable knowledge and confidence needed to move onto slightly trickier positions.
Using examples from practical play, Ward highlights the correct plans as well as the typical mistakes made by both attacker and defender.

In Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames :

Grandmaster and notable endgame authority John Emms begins with the absolute fundamentals of minor piece endings.
This slowly but surely arms the reader with the essential knowledge and confidence to move onto slightly trickier positions.
Using examples from practical play, Emms highlights the correct procedures as well as the typical mistakes made by both attacker and defender.

Broché : 512 pages
ISBN-10 : 178194458X
ISBN-13 : 978-1781944585
Éditeur : Everyman Chess (1 décembre 2017)
Langue : Anglais

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