Chess Endgame Training
4/5
(11 votes)
. This is an endgame manual with a difference. As soon as a topic has been introduced and a few basic ideas discussed, you are immediately invited to immerse yourself in the subject by solving a series of relevant positions.
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To further explain the header on this review. I ordered this book because i am an endgame junky, and wanted to see if this offered anything new.
This is a great book for those that are trying to learn the endgame, the concepts are made easy to grasp.
This book is mostly aimed at advanced club players (ELO 1800+ / maybe more regarding USCF) who already have a good grasp of the main endgame techniques & strategies (e.g.
Chess Endgame Training allows anyone that has preferred to avoid the subject of chess endings to approach it. Rosen's objectives; a manageable amount of training material and a didactic coverage that summarizes endgame proeasy-to-difficult positions; are achieved in Chess Endgame Training.
Chess endings are deceptively difficult: it can take more than a year simply to learn to play the major four- and five-piece endings competently.The problem with many endgame treatises--including great contemporary books like _Fundamental Chess Endings_ and (to a lesser extent) _Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual_--is that a fair portion of the material covered is frankly too darn hard even for ambitious young players.