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Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics - New, Improved and Expanded Edition (K-6087)
K-6087
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Why is it that most amateur chess players love opening and middlegame tactics but hate endgames? Why do you usually look at only a couple of pages in any endgame theory book you see? Sit back, forget about theoretical endgames, and enjoy the entertainment of real life chess in Endgame Tactics !
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| Language versions | English |
| Author / Authors | Ger Van Perlo |
| Publisher | New In Chess |
| Year of Publication | 4th edition 2014 |
| Pages | 608 |
| ISBN | 9789056914943 |
| Hardcover | No |
| Paperback | Yes |
| Downloadable | No |
| Width | 16 cm / 6.30 inch |
| Height | 23.8 cm / 9.37 inch |
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There is no substitute for hard work in getting better at chess, as a wise grandmaster once said. But you always work harder at something you enjoy. Make the first step towards improving your endgame play (and beat more opponents) by learning to love the endgame. Endgames are fun, and the examples from everyday practice in Endgame Tactics prove it.
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Content
017 Part I Pawn Endgames
018 Chapter 1 More than Meets the Eye
018 A) Is it really all that simple?
020 B) Trompe l'oeil
023 Chapter 2 Typical Motifs
023 A) Zugzwang
027 B) Breakthrough
031 C) Outside passed pawns
036 D) Pawn sacrifices
040 Chapter 3 Upsets
040 A) Marvellous tricks
043 B) A few more blunders
045 Part II Queen Endgames
046 Chapter 1 Pure Queen Endgames
048 A) Zugzwang
049 B) The march of the passed pawn
050 C) Mating attacks
052 D) Stalemate tricks
060 E) Pawn sacrifices, liquidations and other goodies
063 F) Some more blunders to round off
066 Chapter 2 Queen + Minor Piece versus Queen + Minor Piece
067 A) Queens with Bishops of opposite colour
070 B) Queens with Bishops of the same colour
074 C) Queen + Knight versus Queen + Knight
080 D) Queen + Bishop versus Queen + Knight
088 Chapter 3 Queen + Rook versus Queen + Rook
088 A) Mating attacks
090 B) Queen sacrifices
093 C) Rook sacrifices
098 D) Stalemate combinations
100 E) Queen + Rook versus Queen + Rook: Miscellaneous
104 Chapter 4 Queen Endgames: Various Types
104 A) Queen + Rook versus Queen + Bishop
108 B) Queen + Rook versus Queen + Knight
110 C) Queen versus Rook + Minor Piece
117 D) Queen versus Two Rooks
121 E) Queen versus other material
133 Part III Rook Endgames
134 Chapter 1 Introduction
136 Chapter 2 Pure Rook Endgames
136 A) Disappointment, despair and discontent
138 B) Stalemate tricks
152 C) Rook Endgames with equal number of Pawns
168 Chapter 3 Pure Rook Endgames with Extra Pawn(s)
168 A) Rook + 2 Pawns versus Rook + 1 Pawn
178 B) Rook + 3 Pawns versus Rook + 2 Pawns
186 C) Rook + 4 Pawns versus Rook + 3 Pawns
193 D) Rook with 5 or 6 versus Rook with 4 or 5 Pawns
198 E) Two or more extra Pawns
203 Chapter 4 Rook + Minor Piece versus Rook + Minor Piece
204 A) Rooks with Bishops of the same colour
219 B) Rooks with Bishops of opposite colour
231 C) Rook + Knight versus Rook + Knight
243 D) Rook + Bishop versus Rook + Knight
264 Chapter 5 The Exchange - Rook versus Minor Piece
264 A) Rook versus Bishop
275 B) Rook versus Knight
283 C) 2 Rooks versus Rook + Bishop
291 D) Two Rooks versus Rook + Knight
294 E) Rook and Minor Piece versus Two Minor Pieces
299 Chapter 6 Other Endgames of Rooks with Minor Pieces
299 A) Rook versus Bishop pair
302 B) Rook versus 2 Knights
303 C) Rook versus Bishop and Knight
308 D) Rook + Bishop versus Rook
314 E) Rook + Knight versus Rook
318 F) Bizarre curiosities
319 Chapter 7 Endgames with 4 (or 3) Rooks
319 A) Rampant Rooks
325 B) Mating attacks
330 C) Other tricks
337 Chapter 8 Rook versus Pawn(s)
337 A) Rook versus 1 Pawn
340 B) Rook versus 2 Pawns
345 C) Rook versus 3 or more Pawns
347 D) Rook with Pawn(s) versus Pawns
355 Part IV Minor Piece Endgames
356 Chapter 1 Pure Bishop Endgames
356 A) Bishops of the same colour
373 B) Bishops of opposite colour
386 Chapter 2 Pure Knight Endgames
404 Chapter 3 Bishop versus Knight
406 A) The Bishop side dominates
416 B) The Knight side dominates
430 Chapter 4 Endgames with More Minor Pieces
430 A) The possession of the Bishop pair
436 B) The possession of Two Knights
439 C) Knight + Bishop versus Knight + Bishop
443 D) Various Endgames with Minor Pieces
445 Chapter 5 Minor Piece(s) versus Pawn(s)
445 A) Bishop versus Pawns
454 B) Knight versus Pawns
462 C) More Pieces against Pawns
465 Part V More Rook Endgames
466 Chapter 1 Introduction
468 Chapter 2 Pure Rook Endgames
488 Chapter 3 Pure Rook Endgames with Extra Pawn(s)
502 Chapter 4 Rook + Minor Piece versus Rook + Minor Piece
536 Solutions to Exercises
544 Chapter 5 The Exchange - Rook versus Minor Piece
562 Chapter 6 Other Endgames of Rooks with Minor Pieces
574 Chapter 7 Endgames with 4 (or 3) Rooks
588 Chapter 8 Rook verus Pawn(s)
591 Solutions to Exercises
592 Index of Names
605 Glossary of Terms