Article Number
LMMEDFTMITE
Author
From the middlegame into the endgame
220 pages, paperback, Reprint, Everyman, 2. edition 2005, first edition 1994
Discontinued
"... this is a book that should be in every serious player's library".Correspondence ChessShould I simplify to an ending or not? This is one of the hardest practical questions that chess players have to answer in their own games. Grandmaster Mednis, one of the world's leading endgame experts, explains the key positional and psychological factors involved in this decision and how to proceed once a simplification has been carried out. This book will help win your "won" games and draw "lost" ones!
| EAN | 9781857440607 |
|---|---|
| Weight | 310 g |
| Manufacturer | Everyman |
| Width | 14 cm |
| Height | 21.6 cm |
| Medium | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2005 |
| Author | Edmar Mednis |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 2 |
| ISBN-10 | 1857440609 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781857440607 |
| Year of First Edition | 1994 |
| Pages | 220 |
| Binding | paperback |
001 Part I. Introduction into Endgame Play
003 1. What is an Endgame?
008 2. Mating Attacks in Endgames
017 3. What is an "Equal Endgame"?
023 4. Characteristic Endgame Errors
035 5. Exchange of Major Pieces in Endgames:
When and Why
045 Part II. Winning Superior Endgames
047 6. Drawing a Won Endgame
054 7. Losing a Won Endgame
060 8. How to Win a Won Endgame
068 9. Winning Rook + Minor Piece Endgames
076 10. The Value of the Passed Rook Pawn
in Knight Endgames
083 Part III. Drawing Inferior Endgames
085 11. What Not to Do in Inferior Endgames
092 12. Drawing an Inferior Endgame
097 13. Drawing an Inferior Endgame - Grand Strategy
103 14. Stalemate in Queen Endgames
111 15. Stalemate in King + Pawn Endgames
119 Part IV. General Strategies of Exchanging Queens in the Middlegame
121 16. Exchanging Queens on Your Terms
125 17. Exchanging Queens as a Defense Mechanism
134 18. Exchanging Queens as an Offensive Mechan
143 19. Playing the Balanced Middlegame:
When Should the Queens be Exchanged?
151 Part V. Winning Superior Middlegames
153 20. When to Go for the Middlegame Kill
157 21. When Complications Should be Avoided
162 22. Exchanging Queens When Ahead in Material
169 23. Exchanging Queens is the Right Approach
180 24. When Exchanging Queens is Wrong
189 Part VI. Drawing Inferior Middlegames
191 25. Making Your Prospects Worse by ExchangQueens
201 26. Correctly Remaining in the Middlegame
207 27. Exchanging Queens to Brake Your OppoAttack
215 28. Exchanging Queens to Minimize Other Troubles
003 1. What is an Endgame?
008 2. Mating Attacks in Endgames
017 3. What is an "Equal Endgame"?
023 4. Characteristic Endgame Errors
035 5. Exchange of Major Pieces in Endgames:
When and Why
045 Part II. Winning Superior Endgames
047 6. Drawing a Won Endgame
054 7. Losing a Won Endgame
060 8. How to Win a Won Endgame
068 9. Winning Rook + Minor Piece Endgames
076 10. The Value of the Passed Rook Pawn
in Knight Endgames
083 Part III. Drawing Inferior Endgames
085 11. What Not to Do in Inferior Endgames
092 12. Drawing an Inferior Endgame
097 13. Drawing an Inferior Endgame - Grand Strategy
103 14. Stalemate in Queen Endgames
111 15. Stalemate in King + Pawn Endgames
119 Part IV. General Strategies of Exchanging Queens in the Middlegame
121 16. Exchanging Queens on Your Terms
125 17. Exchanging Queens as a Defense Mechanism
134 18. Exchanging Queens as an Offensive Mechan
143 19. Playing the Balanced Middlegame:
When Should the Queens be Exchanged?
151 Part V. Winning Superior Middlegames
153 20. When to Go for the Middlegame Kill
157 21. When Complications Should be Avoided
162 22. Exchanging Queens When Ahead in Material
169 23. Exchanging Queens is the Right Approach
180 24. When Exchanging Queens is Wrong
189 Part VI. Drawing Inferior Middlegames
191 25. Making Your Prospects Worse by ExchangQueens
201 26. Correctly Remaining in the Middlegame
207 27. Exchanging Queens to Brake Your OppoAttack
215 28. Exchanging Queens to Minimize Other Troubles
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