Endgame Strategy

by Mikhail Shereshevsky

Overview

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 chances, this invaluable manual will teach you lessons such as ‘do not hurry’ and ‘centralize your king’ or ‘fight for the initiative’.

Endgame Strategy is considered to be one of the most important endgame manuals. In comparison with the 1981 publication, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and the author has added dozens of new and inspiring positions.

The book is highly recommended by club players, coaches, and grandmasters alike. ‘I especially read the chapter “Do not hurry!” with pleasure; not just because I agree with what he says, but more importantly because it defines the playing style of Magnus Carlsen,’ said Grandmaster Simen Agdestein, long-time trainer of the Norwegian World Champion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789493257399
Publisher:	Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date:	05/30/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	480
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Mikhail Shereshevsky (1950) is one of the leading chess trainers in Russia. In 2018 he published the best-selling The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess, which included about 20 percent of this new edition of Endgame Strategy.

Table of Contents

Explanation of symbols 6

From the editor 7

Foreword Vladimir Krarrmik 9

Foreword Evgeny Tomashevsky 11

From the author 15

Chapter 1 Centralization of the king 19

Chapter 2 The principle of two weaknesses 41

Chapter 3 Assessment of the position and schematic thinking 59

Chapter 4 Between assessment and calculation 130

Chapter 5 More on the calculation of variations: resulting moves 146

Chapter 6 The initiative in the endgame 154

Chapter 7 Technique: the mastery of short tactics 171

Chapter 8 The sense of contrariness 189

Chapter 9 Am I being a fool? 200

Chapter 10 The role of pawns in the endgame 205

Chapter 11 The advantage of the two bishops 211

Chapter 12 'Do not hurry 220

Chapter 13 Defending inferior positions 240

Chapter 14 The problem of exchanges 279

Chapter 15 Squeezing blood from a stone 324

Index of names 362

Bibliography 366