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Practical Rook Endings /reduced price

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100 pages, paperback, Olms, 1. edition 1999, first edition 1999

From the series »Progress in Chess«

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Victor Korchnoi, undoubtedly one of the greatest experts in the field of rook endings, reports in this new book on his own experiences from tournament play.
The author sees the main purpose of his book as being to try and insire readers with a deep interest in rook endings, and thus to stimulate their own work in this field. He promises that anyone who thoroughly masters the given material will raise his Elo rating by a hundred points, or perhaps even more!
He begins with an ABC of rook endings, which provides an initiation for the inexperienced, and then deals with various typical positions, difficult to grasp theoretically, which he analyses precisely and in great depth. Just how profound rook endings can be is shown especially by the author`s analysis of a famous ending from his World Championship Match with Karpov in Baguio 1978, which is a real treat for practical players of any standard. However,
the Cuban World Champion José Raul Capablanca once said that he owed his knowledge to the study of a thousand rook endings! This book, a masterpiece in chess literature, will set the reader on the right road.

This book, a masterpiece in chess literature, will set the reader on the right road.
More Information
Weight 270 g
Manufacturer Olms
Width 17 cm
Height 24 cm
Medium Book
Year of Publication 1999
Author Viktor Kortschnoi
Series Progress in Chess
Language English
Edition 1
Year of First Edition 1999
Pages 100
Binding paperback
Diagrams 98
Contents

Preface 07

An ABC of Rook Endings 09

Model examples by Philidor, Euwe, Lucena, Karstedt, Chéron,
Grigoriev, Levenfish, Kling and Horwitz, Lasker, Capablanca,
Alekhine, Smyslov, Van Wijgerden and Korchnoi.

Practical Rook Endings 19

Chapter 1: All the pawns on one wing 19

Korchnoi - Antoshin 19

Korchnoi - Tal 25

Korchnoi - Miles 27

Chapter 2: Two pawns against one on opposite wings 29

Korchnoi - Borisenko 29

Nikolic - Korchnoi 33

Chapter 3: An outside passed pawn 37

Korchnoi - Van der Wiel 37

Platonov - Korchnoi 38

Polugayevsky - Korchnoi 41

Chapter 4: An outside passed pawn in the battle '5 against 4' 44

Simagin - Korchnoi 44

Ribli - Korchnoi 52

Chapter 5: At the highest level 60

Korchnoi - Karpov 60

Korchnoi - Csom 81

Karpov - Korchnoi 85

Chapter 6: From recent praxis 92

Adams - Korchnoi 92