Liquidation on the Chess Board New & Extended
eBook - ePub

Liquidation on the Chess Board New & Extended

Mastering the Transition into the Pawn Endgame

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eBook - ePub

Liquidation on the Chess Board New & Extended

Mastering the Transition into the Pawn Endgame

About this book

Pawn endings do not arise out of nowhere. Before emerging as endgames with just kings and pawns, they 'pre-existed' in positions that still contained any number of pieces. Liquidation is the purposeful transition into a pawn ending. It is a vital technique that is seldom taught. Strange, because knowing when and how to liquidate can help you win games or save draws. In this book, former US Chess Champion Joel Benjamin teaches you all you need to know about successfully liquidating into pawn endgames. He focuses on the practical aspects: what to aim for and how to get there. When to start trading pieces and how to recognize favourable and unfavourable liquidations. Enter a fascinating world of tempo play (triangulation, zugzwang and opposition), breakthroughs, king activity, passed pawn dynamics, sacrifices and counter-sacrifices. Exercises will test your growing skills. This is a ground-breaking, entertaining and instructive guide. The 2015 first edition of this book won the CJA Chess Journalists of America Best Book Award. This New and Extended 3rd edition presents 50 new examples, besides other additions and corrections..

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Information

Publisher
New in Chess
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9789056918262
Edition
3

Table of contents

  1. Copyright Page
  2. Contents
  3. Explanation of symbols
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Prologue – The ABCs of chess
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Queen endings
  8. Chapter 2: Rook endings
  9. Chapter 3: Bishop endings
  10. Chapter 4: Knight endings
  11. Chapter 5: Bishop versus knight endings
  12. Chapter 6: Rook & minor piece endings
  13. Chapter 7: Two minor piece endings
  14. Chapter 8: Major piece endings
  15. Chapter 9: Queen & minor piece endings
  16. Chapter 10: Three or more piece endings
  17. Chapter 11: Unbalanced material endings
  18. Chapter 12: Thematic positions
  19. Bibliography
  20. Glossary
  21. Index of players