100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player
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- Author：Jesús de la Villa
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Summary
This is a new and improved edition of an all-time classic！ The good news about endgames is that there are relatively few endings you should know by heart and that once you know these endings， that's it。 Your knowledge never goes out of date！ The bad news is that， all the same， the endgame technique of most players is deficient。 Modern time-controls make matters worse: there is simply not enough time to delve deep into the position。 Grandmaster Jesus de la Villa debunks the myth that endgame theory is complex and he teaches you to steer the game into a position you are familiar with。 This book contains only those endgames that show up most frequently， are easy to learn and contain ideas that are useful in more difficult positions。 Your performance will improve dramatically because this book brings you simple rules， detailed and lively explanations， many diagrams， clear summaries of the most important themes and dozens of tests。
Reviews
John M。
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Incredibly rich and dense。 As an atrocious endgame player who has spent longer than he should fiddling with openings， this really opened my eyes to how subtle and deep endgames can be and how someone with okay openings and middlegames could still torch the field if they’re great in the endgame。 And it’s inspired me to start delving into the more technical aspects of this phase of the game。 I appreciated that this book goes into ways each side could trick the other—most endgame YouTube videos say Incredibly rich and dense。 As an atrocious endgame player who has spent longer than he should fiddling with openings， this really opened my eyes to how subtle and deep endgames can be and how someone with okay openings and middlegames could still torch the field if they’re great in the endgame。 And it’s inspired me to start delving into the more technical aspects of this phase of the game。 I appreciated that this book goes into ways each side could trick the other—most endgame YouTube videos say something like， “White could try to be tricky， but it’s still a draw，” but never really go into what that means。 This book does， while always making it clear that the “tricks” are just a part of the vaster area of technical knowledge。 Truth be told， most of the information here flew over my head， but I will return to it once I have a greater grasp of the fundamentals and more basic theoretical endgames。 。。。more
William Schram
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Chess is complicated。 A beginner to the game has a lot of rules to learn before they attain competence。 A typical Chess game has three major sections; the Opening， the Middlegame， and the Endgame。 Given all of this， how do you decide what to focus on first？100 Endgames You Must Know is a book for a chess player at a certain level of skill。 Jesus de la Villa goes straight into the significant positions with this book。 The book doesn't go over the elementary endgames since it expects you to know t Chess is complicated。 A beginner to the game has a lot of rules to learn before they attain competence。 A typical Chess game has three major sections; the Opening， the Middlegame， and the Endgame。 Given all of this， how do you decide what to focus on first？100 Endgames You Must Know is a book for a chess player at a certain level of skill。 Jesus de la Villa goes straight into the significant positions with this book。 The book doesn't go over the elementary endgames since it expects you to know those already。 So if you picked up this book anticipating a method to checkmate with only a Queen and a King， you should look elsewhere。Chess books are best when you follow the lines。 Unless you have a great visual memory， you should have a physical board。 The book categorizes the endings and gives a general method to deal with them。 。。。more
Kiroslavius
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This book would be extremely good If you can visualise and remeber multiple moves or if you play daily for multiple hours and have better player to try you， but in lot of beginers cases this is very hard or exhausting
Isaac Clemente ríos
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Es el primer manual de finales que estudio y me ha parecido muy útil。 Posiciones que se dan en muchas ocasiones y sobre todo， te ayuda a comprender el porqué de los movimientos。Mi nota: 8/10
Gary Patella
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This book contains a lot of useful knowledge。 Like many books of this nature， I don't believe everything can be learned from a single read。 I will likely go over it again in the future。 There are some positions that are explained very well （e。g。 mate with knight and bishop）。 But there are some that could use more explanations。 My main gripe was that the puzzle section in the back seemed to have a lot of puzzles that could not be solved using the knowledge of the book。 While this is typical of ta This book contains a lot of useful knowledge。 Like many books of this nature， I don't believe everything can be learned from a single read。 I will likely go over it again in the future。 There are some positions that are explained very well （e。g。 mate with knight and bishop）。 But there are some that could use more explanations。 My main gripe was that the puzzle section in the back seemed to have a lot of puzzles that could not be solved using the knowledge of the book。 While this is typical of tactics books or pure tactics sections of books， for a book in this category， I would've liked explanations of the positions （or similar positions） either given in the puzzle solution or given somewhere in the book。 。。。more
Daniel Castro
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Superb， these endgames are really very important， and clearly explained。 Recommended for all chess players。
Ramsis
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 've always known that this book is supposed to be one of the best practical endgame books to study。 However， I don't own it and haven't looked into it until now。Having spent quite a few hours with the book now it seems like a perfect match for the training power of chessable。 I remember going over some of these endgames before at various times in my chess career and in varying detail。 However， without training them I only vaguely remembered how to handle the situations。 By going through these en 've always known that this book is supposed to be one of the best practical endgame books to study。 However， I don't own it and haven't looked into it until now。Having spent quite a few hours with the book now it seems like a perfect match for the training power of chessable。 I remember going over some of these endgames before at various times in my chess career and in varying detail。 However， without training them I only vaguely remembered how to handle the situations。 By going through these endgames now， with training， in the same amount （or less） overall time I'm much more confident that if I face them over the board later on I will have the most important patterns/ideas fully internalized and am much， much more likely to win or hold a game based on them。So far， a great book and in my opinion the single most valuable （and it's not close） addition to the chessable library。 。。。more
Jonatan Sotelo
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De los libros de finales que consulté， me parece el más didáctico。 Si bien algunos son más necesarios que otros， los parámetros que ofrece para poder comprenderlos son muy interesantes。 Recomendable libro。
Larsen
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Jesus De La Villa doesn't only teach you new concepts but also makes sure you remember them。 It should be called 100 endgames and extra。 Tests are given to help you jump in the next time you read and at the end to see where your at。 I read the book twice and only got 50% of the questions right。 But that's a good thing because anyone can read the book。 If you need a endgame book get this one。 Jesus De La Villa doesn't only teach you new concepts but also makes sure you remember them。 It should be called 100 endgames and extra。 Tests are given to help you jump in the next time you read and at the end to see where your at。 I read the book twice and only got 50% of the questions right。 But that's a good thing because anyone can read the book。 If you need a endgame book get this one。 。。。more
David Tenemaza Kramaley
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I read and worked through the entire book on Chessable （the new interactive edition） https://www。chessable。com/endgame-boo。。。 - I highly recommend it to chess players of all levels， but if you are a beginner， intermediate or casual player just start with Chapter 1 and 11 only。 The others are more theoretical endgames that will probably not come in your games for a while。After you master those pawn endings， the rook endgames are certainly useful。 Of course， mating with Bishop and Knight is well f I read and worked through the entire book on Chessable （the new interactive edition） https://www。chessable。com/endgame-boo。。。 - I highly recommend it to chess players of all levels， but if you are a beginner， intermediate or casual player just start with Chapter 1 and 11 only。 The others are more theoretical endgames that will probably not come in your games for a while。After you master those pawn endings， the rook endgames are certainly useful。 Of course， mating with Bishop and Knight is well fun too and I can now do so like a Master， but I'll be shocked if that ever comes up in any of my real games。。 its more of a "cool" factor， I can do this。Good luck！ 。。。more
Alex Vasai
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Extremely helpful book for an intermediate-level player like me。。。Some of the endgames are really hard to learn （the ones with the rooks） but it is an useful tool to come back to， after a misjudged endgame。
Kavin Nattavutthisit
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Unlike many Chess books， the knowledge from this book is easily absorbable。 This big is a masterpiece， although not all Endgame knowledges were covered， everyone who reads this book will surely absorb one hundred percent of it's knowledge， just by reading it once！ From my personal experience， many Chess books tends to try covering as many fields of knowledge as possible， but doesn't really dig deep into anything， and not digging into anything deep enough normally causes the reader to reread the Unlike many Chess books， the knowledge from this book is easily absorbable。 This big is a masterpiece， although not all Endgame knowledges were covered， everyone who reads this book will surely absorb one hundred percent of it's knowledge， just by reading it once！ From my personal experience， many Chess books tends to try covering as many fields of knowledge as possible， but doesn't really dig deep into anything， and not digging into anything deep enough normally causes the reader to reread the book， since they are not able to remember anything from their first read。 Also， I like very much the fact the Author spent time into making a very high quality introduction， unlike many other Authors that tends to squash useless stuff into the introduction just because they think no one reads it anyway。 I advise Chess players that are looking to strengthen their endgame to read this book as your first endgame book， since it covers all the knowledge that you will get to use frequently into it's cores。 Not only that， it will also make you remember themes of other endgame books easier， since it builds a very strong endgame basics for all it's readers。 。。。more
Bill
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