- Paperback: 214 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; New edition edition (21 Jan 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0486297055
- ISBN-13: 978-0486297057
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.7 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,122,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although this book is in descriptive notation I recommend it for anyone interested in studying endgame on a budget. This is another good value Dover book. If money no object then 'Fundamental Chess Endings' is probably more useful.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Listen to Capablanca. Learn endgames by reading this book
3 Sep 2002
Format:Paperback
In order to be a strong tournament player, it is crucial to improve your tactical ability and have strong endgame technique.
Jeno Ban's _Tactics of Endgames_ will help you accomplish both.
Just a few of the things you will get out of it:
1) A strong desire to improve your endgame technique. The positions in the book look simple, but once you see the subtle (and beautiful) solutions, you can't help but see the complexity in the game of chess. This will force you to look more carefully when you start to play. You will even enjoy studying the endgame, which is usually thought of as tedious and dull.
2) Improved ability to spot tactics. Because the positions are relatively simple, basic maneuvers like forks, skewers, pins, etc. will stick out in your mind. Your standard of play will improve, and you will make fewer blunders, and will be able to calculate farther ahead.
I noticed studying a few chapters improved my game very rapidly.
3) Improved defensive skills--you will begin to learn how even the most hopeless position can contain elements of poison for the superior side. Good defensive skill will make you extremely tough to beat.
Tactics of Endgames is a steal. Get the book and enjoy trouncing your opponents in the opening, middle, or endgame.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
A real treasure
7 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
Ban takes an unusual apporoach. He classifies tactical themes, and uses mostly composed studies to illustrate each point. Endgames DO have some special tactics and you see them here. As an introduction to composed studies or as a more practiacl book this is very fine.
The drawbacks are the UGLY diagrams and the English notation. But this is a seriously good book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Outstanding Endgame Studies
22 Feb 2002
Format:Paperback
Endgame studies unearth a whole new dimension of chess, but they're far from easy and some don't seem to be relevent to over the board play. That's where this book shines, since it has assembled studies that embody themes that are useful to the chess player. An exciting book. I'm a big fan of Dover Chess books in general because they're about a third the price of the over-priced books from Batsford, Thinker's Press, and Gambit (although many of the Gambit books are well-worth the money). As the other reviewer mentioned, the diagrams are pretty ugly and the text is in descriptive, but if you can play chess I'm sure you're smart enough to figure out descriptive :) Batsford's Endgame Magic is another great book of endgame studies in algebraic notation, so buy both because they're fun.
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