Practical Chess Endings: with modern chess notation
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- Author：Paul Keres
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Summary
An updated edition of Paul Keres' classic endgame instructor， designed specifically for practical players with over 500 extra diagrams to facilitate learning and memorisation of critical lines of endgame play。
It is an essential practical book， for all chess players， from one of the world's greatest grandmasters。 Keres remained an elite grandmaster throughout his life and is widely regarded as one of the s strongest ever players not to have won the world chess champion。
His book is a comprehensive guide to the precise handling of all basic endgame positions。 It features logical step-by-step explanations of procedures required to obtain the best possible results from frequently occurring queen， rook， bishop， knight and pawn endings。 It includes commentaries on the final stages of selected tournament games， which demonstrate the art of favourable transposition from complex to clear-cut endgames。
It is an essential practical book， for all chess players， from one of the world's greatest grandmasters。 Keres remained an elite grandmaster throughout his life and is widely regarded as one of the s strongest ever players not to have won the world chess champion。
His book is a comprehensive guide to the precise handling of all basic endgame positions。 It features logical step-by-step explanations of procedures required to obtain the best possible results from frequently occurring queen， rook， bishop， knight and pawn endings。 It includes commentaries on the final stages of selected tournament games， which demonstrate the art of favourable transposition from complex to clear-cut endgames。
Reviews
Howard Osterman
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A great， great endgame classic。 Very readable。 Everything by Paul Keres has always been top quality。
Doug McCoy
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Seven word review = Keres' endgame tome is finer than Fine's。 Seven word review = Keres' endgame tome is finer than Fine's。 。。。more
Ako
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22 years ago I bought this book， and finally I finished it！Enjoyed every moment of it， Paul Keres was ab great writer and chess enthusiast。
Karthik Ramesh
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nice book
Alec
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Great book for brushing up on the practical side of endgames that everyone should know this is an early 1970's edition of Paul Keres book in descriptive notation there was a later edition released in algebraic notation that came out in 1984 it has a different cover。 I was thinking of buying Keres book from used book dealers but I didn't want to take the risk getting someone else's used copy that might have crayon and pen marks in it， torn corners， coffee stains in it and other surprises when I s Great book for brushing up on the practical side of endgames that everyone should know this is an early 1970's edition of Paul Keres book in descriptive notation there was a later edition released in algebraic notation that came out in 1984 it has a different cover。 I was thinking of buying Keres book from used book dealers but I didn't want to take the risk getting someone else's used copy that might have crayon and pen marks in it， torn corners， coffee stains in it and other surprises when I saw the reprint edition on Amazon I bought it instead。 。。。more
Dave Jones
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A book for the serious player only。 Paul Keres was one of the stronger players that never won the world championship。 He defeated about 8 or 10 world champs in his day， however。This is a book that ostensibly reaches out to beginning chess players by including instructions on basic endgame mates。 （However， I wish he could've devoted more time to the bishop and knight mate。 That one is very hard！）I picked this book up toward the end of my serious chess studies。 Full disclosure requires me to admit A book for the serious player only。 Paul Keres was one of the stronger players that never won the world championship。 He defeated about 8 or 10 world champs in his day， however。This is a book that ostensibly reaches out to beginning chess players by including instructions on basic endgame mates。 （However， I wish he could've devoted more time to the bishop and knight mate。 That one is very hard！）I picked this book up toward the end of my serious chess studies。 Full disclosure requires me to admit that I did not finish it。 However， this content is a must for anyone wanting to take their game to the next level。 There are tons of book out there that discuss how to open a chess game but what do you 50 moves later when most of the pieces are gone？ This book gives a detailed examination of likely endgame scenarios。 The analysis is very detailed。 It will probably take you a long time to complete this book。 Once you do， you should have an advantage over many of the players out there （provided you continue refining your endgame prowess）。 A good knowledge of the endgame will also help you formulate your strategy （mid-game）。 This book is an excellent vehicle toward that end。 。。。more
bluetyson
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