100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player

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It is already helping me in all my chess, not just endgames, as i now understand much more clearly how different pieces dance together to add new effective qualities and resources to my game.

100 endgame patterns you must know - New In Chess 100 endgame patterns you must know - New In Chess

Chess is complicated. A beginner to the game has a lot of rules to learn before they attain competence. A typical Chess game has three major sections; the Opening, the Middlegame, and the Endgame. Given all of this, how do you decide what to focus on first?Jesus de la Villa (1958) is an International Grandmaster born in Spain. He is a successful author and a well-known chess coach. He has won the Spanish Championship twice. Jesus de la Villa's book comes highly-recommended by a coach (a Russian IM) whom I approached about this question. It is refreshingly focused on making your study time as productive (in terms of decisive game results) as possible. This book is often considered "the must read" book on endgames. It's good, but it's certainly not the best. For starters, it should be called "400 Technical Endgames You Should Be Aware Of".

100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Che… 100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Che…

If you really have no patience for endgames, at least read Jesus de la Villa's '100 Endgames You Must Know'."ve always known that this book is supposed to be one of the best practical endgame books to study. However, I don't own it and haven't looked into it until now. My favorite endgame book, very clear and concise. If you only read one endgame book it should be this one." - GM Niclas Huschenbeth The greatest strength of the book: breaking things down into well-worded chunks of easily digestible information."

100 Endgames You Must Know - Basic endings • lichess.org 100 Endgames You Must Know - Basic endings • lichess.org

The fact that players think in patterns has an important side-effect: their endgame errors tend to repeat themselves. That’s why De la Villa has not just included examples from games of elite GM’s but also of amateurs. Errors are always instructive and working with this book will seriously reduce the number of typical mistakes you are prone to make. The many practical exercises that De la Villa has selected will help you improve and retain what you have learned.Most club players consider studying the endgame to be boring and have a clear weakness in their endgame play relative to their openings and middlegames. This increases the importance of endgame study because it is easier to increase the discrepancy between you and your peers by studying the endgame than by studying any other area of the game. I am a beginner (approximately 1400) seeking to improve my endgame technique. Which one of these books would you recommend as suitable for my strength and why?