Chess
Endings Made Simple
by
Ian Snape
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Chess
Endings Made Simple |
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Most chess-players are all too painfully
aware of how many half-points and even full points they squander due to
poor endgame play. However, they tend to imagine that improving their
endgame play involves a massive amount of study of dry technical
positions, and prefer to spend their time on other aspects of the game,
perhaps in the unrealistic hope of avoiding endgames entirely. In this
book, Ian Snape helps them to tackle endgames with more confidence,
so that they look forward to playing them, and are more willing to
simplify when this is the best course of action. The first half of the
book discusses the areas of endgame theory that are most relevant to
practical success. The second half features 100 exercises for the reader
to solve, together with full solutions. All the exercises are taken from
real games.
Ian Snape enjoyed considerable success in junior chess before concentrating on a career in banking, but has returned to the game in the last decade. In correspondence chess he has qualified as an ICCF International Master and registered a grandmaster norm. Over the board, he has played in the British Championship on three occasions and competes regularly in league chess and other events. See a pdf file with a sample of the book Euro 2 1,90
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