Rook endings tournament players collection paperback october 1, 1989. The book can be used as a training manual for the enactment of endings, as well as a reference in the analysis. Pdf comprehensive chess endings by averbakh chess endings essential knowledge pdf reuben fine basic chess endings john nunn chess endings volume 2 practical chess endings paul keres pdf basic chess endings by reuben fine. I, together with my great friend gm aleksander beliavsky, wrote three books on diff erent endgames and there are special chapters on rook endings, but in. Yuri averbach averbakh 1966 indicates that the rule is correct usually when both. Rook endings has 2 available editions to buy at half price books this book is a players guide to rook endings. This english version is a direct translation from the russian except that the order of the volumes has been changed. Rook endings pergamon russian chess series 9780080320489 by yuri averbakh. Queen and pawn endings, queen against rook endings, queen against minor piece endings pergamon russian chess series by. Opening traps and loose pieces with gm ben finegold duration. Publication date 1987 topics comprehensive chess endings pergamon russian chess series, chess, chess books collection. Chess endings by yuri averbakh provides adequate instruction yet falls short of providing any significant guiding principles to apply to your end game strategy averbakh covers all the varying end games piece by piece, from kingpawn endings to complicated rook and queen endings.
Grandmaster achievement lyev polugayevsky mei 18 telusur. The instructor mark dvoretsky averbakh i am in the process of writing an instructional endgame book. Pawn endings underlie other endings, helping you know when to trade pieces especially in rook versus rook endings. He was chairman of the ussr chess federation from 1973 to 1978. Because of demand, this volume had completely disappeared from. Mastering practical rook endgames elite chess training.
A couple of interesting books specifically on rook endgames are john emms the survival guide to rook endings and edmar mednis practical rook endings none of these books is particularly easy, but if you get out a board, and play through the examples as you read, you. Where can i buy in germany the classic comprehensive chess endings. Grandmaster averbakh is now the world s oldest grandmaster. Yuri averbakh, chess endings rook page 299, position no. The survival guide to rook endings 2007 pdf download. As nearly all rook endings will result in one of these three positions it is necessary that we go over the basics before advancing to more complex material. Comprehensive chess endings, volume 1, bishop endings, knight endings pergamon russian.
Ishi press has published one of the original russian language volumes. Yuri averbakh s most popular book is basic chess endings. That is averbakh chess endings bishop against knight, rook against minor pieces isbn 4871875024 that is the same as volume 2 in this english language version. The first chapter deals with the essential theory of basic rook endings, including rook vs pawns and rook and pawns vs rook. Averbakh chess endings rook endgames russian edition.
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Comprehensive chess endings is a five volume master work by one of the worlds leading authorities on the chess endgames, grandmaster yuri averbakh. In general, this fundamental research covers all major types of endgame. Yuri averbakhs most popular book is basic chess endings. Ive tried to make this chapter as concise as possible, as all of this material has been covered very well and in great detail before. Averbakh comprehensive chess endings pdf yuri averbachs comprehensive chess endings pinters book rook endings and the one by victor kortchnoi practical rook endings. The first is chess endgames with bishop against knight, the second the rook against minor pieces. Download comprehensive chess endings averbakh pdf tradl. Rook endings pergamon russian chess series english and russian edition 9780080269085 by averbakh, yuri. So, here we will try not to repeat most of the material from other books, and instead try to concentrate on basic and practical knowledge. Download comprehensive chess endings averbakh pdf free shared files from downloadjoy and other worlds most popular shared hosts. My favourite endgame book is paul keres practical chess endings which has a section on the most common rook endings. Rook and pawn endings are by far the most common and the most important endgames. Comprehensive chess endings is a five volume master work by one of the world s leading authorities on the chess endgames, grandmaster yuri averbakh.
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