- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Microsoft Press,U.S. (1 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0735607915
- ISBN-13: 978-0735607910
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,604,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Winning Chess Endings" is a gripping introduction to the moves, strategies, and philosophy of chess endings from one of the world's top-rated players, American grandmaster Yasser Seirawan. Blessed with peerless story-telling skills and the technical knowledge to describe exactly when winning positions occurred in famous matches, he is the perfect guide for readers of all levels who want to identify winning game positions and actively participate in the book. With his convivial writing style and expert teaching methods, he helps readers develop a solid understanding of endgame principles they can apply to every game they play. This title includes tests throughout with answers at the end.
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The principle for this operation is the same as with all basic mates: The stronger side must drive the opposing King to the side of the board-not necessarily a corner of the board, although that is usually the case. Read the first page
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The principle for this operation is the same as with all basic mates: The stronger side must drive the opposing King to the side of the board-not necessarily a corner of the board, although that is usually the case. Read the first page
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11 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Yasser did it again!
This endings book is a great way to deal with all of the endings one can dream off in chess.Yaseer attacks from all diragetion many classic and some surprisining endings.
The book realy teaches you about the end of the chess game and he does it with uniuqe and great examples.
I highly recomend this book even for very strong player who want to see great endings from the best players in the world.
The book is seperated to chapters,easy to read and to understand.
Have fun and knolege with this book!!!
This endings book is a great way to deal with all of the endings one can dream off in chess.Yaseer attacks from all diragetion many classic and some surprisining endings.
The book realy teaches you about the end of the chess game and he does it with uniuqe and great examples.
I highly recomend this book even for very strong player who want to see great endings from the best players in the world.
The book is seperated to chapters,easy to read and to understand.
Have fun and knolege with this book!!!
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46 of 49 people found the following review helpful
At the knee of the Master ....
19 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
Quite simply, the absolutely best endgame book on the market today.
ALL my students love it.
I used to teach primarily out of "Pandolfini's Endgame Course." (This is an excellent book, and actually has much more overall material than the Seirawan book.) But this book is better. There is a lot more verbiage and explanations. GM Seirawan takes great pains to explain the moves and the GENERAL IDEAS of the ending you are trying to learn. Its almost as good as if you walked up to the GM, sat down by his knee and said, "Master, teach me everything I need to know to play the endings competently and well."
The Microsoft Press people have one of the finest teams of editors, proofreaders, etc. They have put together one of the best Chess Book series I have ever seen. I can heartily recommend the entire series.
I am sure if you buy this book and study it diligently, your understanding of the end phase of the game will increase 1000%!
(One minor note: The GM does a little bit of showing off in this book. Example: The ending where he has to calculate the win over 20 moves in advance is over the head of the average IM!! But I think you should expect a little of that from a player of Seirawan's capability. Remember, he was one of the country's strongest Master's well before he was out of his teens. He has won or tied for the U.S. Championship several times. He has been a Candidate for the World Championship and has won 1st Place at many International tournaments. So its not suprising to see a little chest thumping going on.)
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Great, enjoyable book on the endgame.
8 Dec 2003
Format:Paperback
This book does not replace an endgame manual, not even at the beginner level. You could, for example, read Pandolfini's Endgame Course in its entirety and still get some value from this book. It is not complete.
It is simply fun. Seirawan explains the ideas in words. He throws in anecdotes, tension, and humor. He goes over some of the basics in excruciating detail (for example, King+Bishop+Knight v. King, which is extremely rare in practice). He includes complete master-level endings so that you can see how it's done. His discussion of rook endings (extremely common in practice) is helpful. He finishes with a very interesting chapter on the difference between grandmaster play and the theoretically perfect moves in computer generated tablebases.
Another enthralling re-print in the Winning Chess series. Most appropriate to about 1300 level, even with no prior endgame knowledge.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Decent endings book
29 July 2002
Format:Paperback
I'm around a 1400 player, and I found this book to be useful, for the most part (although I *still* have trouble with kbn-k!), as it will give you the ideas behind many endings. Yasser takes a building block approach, and constantly builds upon prior knowledge in a very effective way.
This is, by far, the best endgame book I own.
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