An updated edition of Paul Keres' classic endgame instructor, designed
specifically for practical players with over 500 extra diagrams to
facilitate learning and memorisation of critical lines of endgame play.
It is an essential practical book, for all chess players, from one of
the world's greatest grandmasters. Keres remained an elite grandmaster
throughout his life and is widely regarded as one of the s strongest
ever players not to have won the world chess champion.
His book is a comprehensive guide to the precise handling of all basic
endgame positions. It features logical step-by-step explanations of
procedures required to obtain the best possible results from frequently
occurring queen, rook, bishop, knight and pawn endings. It includes
commentaries on the final stages of selected tournament games, which
demonstrate the art of favourable transposition from complex to
clear-cut endgames.