The first Russian edition of this series (1956-62) established the editor, Soviet grandmaster Yuri Averbakh, as one of the greatest world authorities on endgame theory. Comprehensive Chess Endings is a translation, in algebraic notation, of the second Russian edition, which has been considerably revised and enlarged. It is being published in five volumes, each volume being designed to be used either as a textbook or as a reference work for the analysis of adjourned games.
The present volume is in three sections: Bishop Against Knight Endings , Rook Against Bishop Endings and Rook Against Knight Endings . In each section the aim has been to give an exhaustive coverage of basic positions with a small number of pawns, and to show the typical ideas in more complicated positions with a larger number of pawns.
007 1. Rules of the Game
042 2. The Simplest Endings
062 3. Some Basic Concepts
073 4. How to Start a Game
088 5. Short Games and Traps
105 6. Middle Game
160 7. Endgame
195 8. Chess Composition
206 9. The Opening
276 10. Chess: Past and Present
293 11. Solutions to Exercises
Yuri Averbakh
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