The Art of the Endgame: My Journeys in the Magical World of Endgame Studies

The Art of the Endgame: My Journeys in the Magical World of Endgame Studies

All through his career Jan Timman has been captivated by the mystery and splendour of endgame studies. Even during his most successful and busy years as a world class player, Timman continued to compose studies and admire those of others. 
For him there has never been any doubt that the journeys in this magical world helped him to grow as a player.
In this fascinating book, Timman has collected a wide range of the finest endgame studies by other composers and explains in his lucid style how they inspired him to create dozens of brand-new studies himself. 
As Timman writes in the preface: Never before have I been so productive as an endgame study composer as in the seven months that I wrote this book. It was a sensational experience.
The Art of the Endgame is a treasure-trove for the lovers of beauty in chess. But it is also of great value for competitive players. Solving endgame studies is a vital part of improving ones endgame technique: it develops general understanding, calculation skills and resourcefulness.
Jan Timman is a former world championship candidate who rose to the number two spot of the FIDE world rankings. He is the author of several highly acclaimed bestsellers, such as 'Curacao 1962', 'On the Attack!', and 'Power Chess with Pieces'.
GM Karsten Müller, author of 'Fundamental Chess Endings':
"Really fascinating."
Uwe Bekemann, German Correspondence Chess Federation:
"A work that succeeds, which entertains and at at the same time makes you better at playing the endgame."
Marco Campioli, Torre Cavallo:
"Not only a rich manual for the 'studista', but also quite useful for players, with endings to analyze and remember."
Steve Giddins, author of 'The Greates Ever Chess Endgames':
"Not to be missed at any price (..) I was absolutely knocked out by the quality of the content."
Harry Schaack, KARL Magazine:
"Rarely have studies been presented so beautifully."
Lubosh Kavalek, The Huffington Post:
"Brilliant."
Michael Adams, The Saturday Telegraph:
"A true connoisseur (..) guides the reader through this intruiging facet of the game and shows his own stunning studies." 
Harold van der Heijden, Schaaksite.nl:
"Highly recommended, not only for lovers of endgame studies, but also for chess players who are interested in the beauty of chess. Timman has the talent to take the reader by the hand into an Alice in Wonderland adventure."
Martin Rieger, Europa Rochade Magazine:
"A work you will always return to in order to browse. And you will always discover something new."
Tim Krabbé, author of 'Chess Curiosities':
"[Timman] is one of the best makers in the world of perfect, breathtakingly beautiful small machines."
Simen Agdestein, VG Newspaper (Norway):
"Jan Timman was the hope of the West in my youth and I've always fancied his style. And I share his fascination for endgame studies as well, so this book struck me as interesting right away."
Praise for Jan Timman:
Harald Keilhack in Schach Magazine on 'Power Chess with Pieces':
Where Garry Kasparov likes to hide behind thick trees with variations, Timman always makes sure that the reader fully understands why the game develops the way it does.
 IM John Watson in TWIC on 'Curaçao 1962':
Will be enjoyed by lovers of the game fo
r years to come, and never grow old.
British Chess Federation Book-of-the-Year Award Judges:
One of the chess worlds most perceptive writers.

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Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen: His Extraordinary Skills Uncovered and Explained

Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen: His Extraordinary Skills Uncovered and Explained

The secrets of Magnus Carlsens endgame technique Magnus Carlsens brilliant endgame play has been one of the key reasons for his success. At the age of 13 the Norwegian became the youngest grandmaster in the world, at 19 the youngest number one in the FIDE world rankings, and at 22 the second youngest World Champion in history. With his fine technique, great inventiveness and iron determination Magnus has won countless endgame positions in which almost everyone else would have settled for a draw. He al

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Tragicomedy in the Endgame: Instructive Mistakes of the Masters

Tragicomedy in the Endgame: Instructive Mistakes of the Masters

CP (Association of Chess Professionals) Book of the Year 2012 When it was released in 2003, "Dvoretsky's Endgame Manua"l became an instant classic. Now the chess instructor extraordinaire offers an introduction to the fascinating world of chess endings. This book is designed to highlight the key concepts of the most common chess endgames and will prove quite instructive to chessplayers of all levels.   Topics include: The King in the Endgame Pawn play Zugzwang Saving Methods Tactics in the E

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Endgame Labyrinths by Jacob Aagaard and Steffen Nielsen (twarda okładka) Endgame Labyrinths by Jacob Aagaard and Steffen Nielsen (twarda okładka)

Endgame Labyrinths by Jacob Aagaard and Steffen Nielsen (twarda okładka) Endgame Labyrinths by Jacob Aagaard and Steffen Nielsen (twarda okładka)

Książka w języku angielskim. Twarda okładka. 424 strony.   Endgame Labyrinths presents the reader with 1002 challenging studies selected and truncated, with their usefulness for the practical player in mind. It is common for studies to be extended by less interesting manoeuvres or by incomprehensible sequences, before the main themes come into play. The studies in this book have been pruned to leave the reader with 1002 clear and solvable challenges.   A few years of extensive selection, analysis,

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GM Preparation - Endgame Play by J. Aagaard (miękka okładka)

GM Preparation - Endgame Play by J. Aagaard (miękka okładka)

Jacob Aagaard presents the reader with a few key concepts in the endgame and invites him to test his skills with a lot of examples from recent tournament practice. Where many endgame books are theoretical and emphasize memorization, Endgame Play is based entirely in the real world, where the ability to react precisely in technical positions is a life skill. "Solve your endgame problems with Endgame Play! I strongly believe in training by solving exercises and Jacob Aagaard is a real master here. I ofte

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Just the Facts!: Winning Endgame Knowledge

Just the Facts!: Winning Endgame Knowledge

Nothing more clearly separates chess master from chess wannabee than winning endgame play, the last lap of the race. Depending on whether or not you command the necessary endgame knowledge, you can spoil hours of planning, or you can enjoy the victory you've spent the whole game earning. You can even extricate yourself from the steely jaws of a "certain" defeat! Winner of the prestigious Chess Journalists of America Book of the Year award for 2000-2001, Just the Facts! boils down all essential endgame

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Endgame Strategy - M. Shereshevsky

Endgame Strategy - M. Shereshevsky

Książka w języku angielskim. Wydanie w miękkiej oprawie.   In this widely acclaimed chess classic, Russian trainer Mikhail Shereshevsky explains how to master the most important endgame principles. Where other endgame manuals focus on the basics and theoretical endgames, this book teaches the big ideas that will help you find the most promising and most practical moves in any endgame. Even in endgames, it helps to think schematically instead of trying to calculate every move. To maximize your winning

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Grandmaster Preparation - Endgame Play by Jacob Aagaard (twarda okładka)

Grandmaster Preparation - Endgame Play by Jacob Aagaard (twarda okładka)

Książka w języku angielskim.  Jacob Aagaard presents the reader with a few key concepts in the endgame and invites him to test his skills with a lot of examples from recent tournament practice. Where many endgame books are theoretical and emphasize memorization, Endgame Play is based entirely in the real world, where the ability to react precisely in technical positions is a life skill. "Solve your endgame problems with Endgame Play! I strongly believe in training by solving exercises and Jacob Aagaa

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Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual

Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual

2003 Book of the Year - JeremySilman.com 2003 Book of the Year - Seagaard Chess Reviews When you are serious about improving your endgame skills, it is time for Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual. Perhaps the best known and most respected instructor of world class chess players, Mark Dvoretsky has produced a comprehensive work on the endgame that will reward players of all strengths. For those ready to immerse themselves in endgame theory, there may be no better manual available today. But, even if you do

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100 Endgame Patterns You Must Know: Recognize Key Moves  Motifs and Avoid Typical Errors - Jesus de la Villa Garcia

100 Endgame Patterns You Must Know: Recognize Key Moves Motifs and Avoid Typical Errors - Jesus de la Villa Garcia

If you are aware of endgame patterns, you spot key moves quicker, analyse and calculate better, avoid making errors and memorize what you have studied more fully. Most of the patterns Jesus de la Villa presents in this new book are from the phase of the game just before a theoretical endgame turns up. Knowing these practical endgame fundamentals will enable you to fully reap the benefits of what you learned in De la Villas widely acclaimed classic 100 Endgames You Must Know. Studying patterns only makes

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Reinfeld on the Endgame

Reinfeld on the Endgame

Sharpen Your Endgame Play! Reinfeld on the Endgame is a very fine specialty book about several aspects of endgames. This charming piece concentrates on a very difficult, too-often glossed over aspect of the transition between the middlegame and the endgame. Transition phases are harder to cover than either of the three favorite phases because they dont fit quite so neatly into the rigid classification that openings, middlegames, and endgames do. But mastering them is essential to those who wish to mast

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Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual (5th edition) - Mark Dvoretsky

Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual (5th edition) - Mark Dvoretsky

When it appeared in 2003, the first edition of Dvoretskys Endgame Manual was immediately recognized by novice and master alike as one of the best books ever published on the endgame. The enlarged and revised fifth edition is better than ever! Here is what Vladimir Kramnik, the 14th World Champion, had to say in his foreword to the fifth edition: I consider Dvoretskys Endgame Manual an absolute  must  for  every  chess  professional, and  no  less  important  even  for  a club  player… I always recom

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The Russian Endgame Handbook

The Russian Endgame Handbook

An old Soviet quip has it that Western amateurs play the opening like grandmasters, the middlegame like experts, and the endgame like beginners. Soviet-trained players would fearlessly steer the game toward the final phase, confident of their superior endgame skill. Ilya RabinovichsRussian Endgame Manualis a major reason for this. Rabinovich raises the beginners understanding of the endgame to a sophisticated level, starting with elementary checkmates and then moving on to the principles for handling com

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The Russian Endgame Handbook

The Russian Endgame Handbook

An old Soviet quip has it that Western amateurs play the opening like grandmasters, the middlegame like experts, and the endgame like beginners. Soviet-trained players would fearlessly steer the game toward the final phase, confident of their superior endgame skill. Ilya Rabinovichs Russian Endgame Manual is a major reason for this. Rabinovich raises the beginners understanding of the endgame to a sophisticated level, starting with elementary checkmates and then moving on to the principles for handling c

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Maneuvering

Maneuvering

Find the Best Squares for Your Pieces! To a large extent, the level of any chessplayers skill depends on his or her ability to discover and evaluate positional operations as quickly and correctly as possible. In this book, premier chess instructor and trainer Mark Dvoretsky examines one of the most important aspects of positional skill, namely the art of playing with pieces, of maneuvering and finding the best squares for your pieces. Training your maneuvering skills will help you at every stage of t

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Theoretical Rook Endgames by Sam Shankland (twarda okładka)

Theoretical Rook Endgames by Sam Shankland (twarda okładka)

Książka w języku angielskim. Twarda okładka. 448 stron. Rook endgames are the most important to study, because they are the type of endgame you will face most often over the board. Working on rook endgames gives the biggest bang for your buck.   World-class grandmaster Sam Shankland explains technical rook endgames in a way that is clearer, better organized, more concise, and easier to understand than any previous work. After learning the vital set positions, the reader is offered lots of rules an

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