Starting Out:

Pawn Endgames

Glenn Flear

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781781942154
• Year: 2004

Endgames involving only kings and pawns are the most fundamental of all chess positions, and a firm understanding of them is required in order to become confident of tackling more complex endings that preceded them. In this easy-to-read guide, Grandmaster and distinguished endgames expert Glenn Flear focuses on the very basics of pawn endings. Beginning with the simplest of positions and only gradually working through to more challenging material, Flear outlines the key principles and rules, and demonstrates how these work in practical examples. As one of the priorities of such endings is to promote pawns to queens, Flear additionally deals with queen endings that arise naturally from the simpler form. As is commonplace with the renowned Starting Out series, there are an abundance of notes, tips and warnings throughout the book to help improving players. Starting Out: Pawn Endgames is perfect for those who have previously honed their chess skills with the earlier books Starting Out in Chess, Tips for Young Players and Improve Your Endgame Play. Highlights include: *Covers all crucial pawn endings *Easy step-by-step guide to better endgame play *Ideal for improving players *User-friendly layout to help readers absorb the key ideas

Table of contents

• Bibliography
• Introduction
• 1 Pawn Endings are Special!
• 2 The Last Pawn
• 3 Play in a Limited Area
• 4 The Power of the Passed Pawn
• 5 Passed Pawns Galore
• 6 Races!
• 7 Manoeuvring Monarchs
• 8 Pawn Power
• 9 Further Positional Themes
• 10 When Pawns Become Queens
• 11 Exchanging into Pawn Endings
• Additional Exercises
• Solutions to Exercises