Basic Chess Endings (McKay Chess Library) - Softcover

Fine, Reuben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812934938 ISBN 13: 9780812934939

Verlag: Random House USA, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

A revision of the original reference for serious students includes the game's latest innovations and reflects an adaptation to algebraic notation, focusing on aspects of game endings that occur most frequently while providing hundreds of illustrative diagrams. Original.

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<b>REUBEN FINE</b> was an International Grandmaster and one of the world's greatest chess players ever. His books, including <i>Basic Chess Endings </i>and <i>The Middlegame in Chess</i>, are among the all-time classics of chess literature.<br><br><b>PAL BENKO</b>, reviser, is a Grandmaster who has been twice a candidate for the World Championship. He has finished atop eight U.S. Chess Opens, and has achieved an outstanding record in chess olympiads as a player and as a team captain.

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<i>Basic Chess Endings</i>, written by International Grandmaster Reuben Fine, is the most authoritative reference on the endgame. Serious students of the game find the work unmatched in its depth and range. Now, Grandmaster Pal Benko has revised this classic with the latest innovations in the endgame and adapted the book to algebraic notation. The result is what chess aficionados have been eagerly waiting for--a thoroughly modern bible on basic chess endings.<br><br>A handy guide for the practical player, <i>Basic Chess Endings</i> focuses on the aspects of the ending that occur most frequently in the course of play. With clear language, it reinforces knowledge of the standard position and tried-and-tested rules. Hundreds of diagrams make examples easy to follow. An indispensable reference for every chess player.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Random House USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0812934938
• ISBN 13: 9780812934939
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 592
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