Endgame Strategy
218 Seiten, kartoniert, Reprint, Everyman, 2004, Erstauflage 1994
Shereshevsky´s masterful guide to endgame play is an essential work for every aspiring player. Using classics examples from grandmaster practice, together with modern illustrations and instructive games (algrebaic) by lesser known players, Shereshevsky lucidly explains the basic principles of the endgame:
- King centralization
- The role of pawns
- Exchanging pieces
- Suppressing counterplay
- Two weaknesses
... and much more
International Grandmaster Mikhail Shereshevsky is one of the strongest players from Byelorussia. He is a highly regarded trainer and author whose two-volume work (with Leonid Slutsky) Mastering the Endgame was also translated by Ken Neat and is available from Cadogan.
| Gewicht | 440 g |
|---|---|
| Hersteller | Everyman |
| Breite | 18,8 cm |
| Höhe | 24,6 cm |
| Medium | Buch |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2004 |
| Autor | Michail Schereschewski |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| ISBN-10 | 1857440633 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781857440638 |
| Jahr der Erstauflage | 1994 |
| Seiten | 218 |
| Einband | kartoniert |
iiv Foreword to the English edition (A. Yusupov)
ix Introduction
001 1. Basic principles of endgame play (S. Byelavyenets)
004 2. Centralization of the king
012 3. The role of pawns in the endgame
019 4. The problem of exchanging
041 5. "Do not hurry"
055 6. Schematic thinking
067 7. The principle of two weaknesses
080 8. The struggle for the initiative
096 9. Suppressing the opponent's counter-play
108 10. Positions with an isolated d-pawn
121 11. The two bishops
143 12. The 3-2 Queen-side pawn majority
152 13. Complex endings
215 Index of players
217 Index of material