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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Reading material about chess endgame</div> <p>Much literature about <a href="/wiki/Chess_endgame" title="Chess endgame">chess endgames</a> has been produced in the form of books and magazines. A bibliography of endgame books is below. </p><p>Many chess masters have contributed to the <a href="/wiki/Chess_theory#Endgame_theory" title="Chess theory">theory of endgames</a> over the centuries, including <a href="/wiki/Ruy_L%C3%B3pez_de_Segura" title="Ruy López de Segura">Ruy López de Segura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Andr%C3%A9_Danican_Philidor" title="François-André Danican Philidor">François-André Philidor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Josef_Kling" title="Josef Kling">Josef Kling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Horwitz" title="Bernhard Horwitz">Bernhard Horwitz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johann_Berger" title="Johann Berger">Johann Berger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexey_Troitsky" title="Alexey Troitsky">Alexey Troitsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh" title="Yuri Averbakh">Yuri Averbakh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Reuben_Fine" title="Reuben Fine">Reuben Fine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ken_Thompson" title="Ken Thompson">Ken Thompson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Nalimov" title="Eugene Nalimov">Eugene Nalimov</a>, and other computer scientists have contributed by constructing <a href="/wiki/Endgame_tablebase" title="Endgame tablebase">endgame tablebases</a>. </p><p>Some endgame books are general works about many different kinds of endgames whereas others are limited to specific endgames such as <a href="/wiki/Rook_(chess)" title="Rook (chess)">rook</a> endgames or <a href="/wiki/Pawnless_chess_endgame" title="Pawnless chess endgame">pawnless endgames</a>. Most books are one volume (of varying size), but there are large multi-volume works. Most books cover endgames in which the proper course of action (see <a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_terms#Optimal_play" class="mw-redirect" title="List of chess terms">list of chess terms#Optimal play</a>) has been analyzed in detail. However, an increasing number of books are about endgame strategy, where exact analysis is not currently possible, due to the presence of more <a href="/wiki/Chess_piece" title="Chess piece">pieces</a>. These endgame strategy books fill the gap from the end of the <a href="/wiki/Chess_middlegame" title="Chess middlegame">middlegame</a> to where the other type of books takes over. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_endgame_literature">History of endgame literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History of endgame literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The study of a few practical endgames are found in <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> manuscripts from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. However, these are from before the rule of <a href="/wiki/Pawn_(chess)" title="Pawn (chess)">pawn</a> <a href="/wiki/Promotion_(chess)" title="Promotion (chess)">promotion</a>, so most are of little value today.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A thirteenth-century Latin book by an unknown author examined the endgame of a knight versus a pawn, and formed the basis of later work by <a href="/wiki/Alexey_Troitsky" title="Alexey Troitsky">Alexey Troitsky</a> in the twentieth century. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries a few types of endgames were studied, and <a href="/wiki/Opposition_(chess)" title="Opposition (chess)">opposition</a> was known.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andr%C3%A9_Philidor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Andr%C3%A9_Philidor.jpg/180px-Andr%C3%A9_Philidor.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Andr%C3%A9_Philidor.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="188" /></a><figcaption>Philidor (1726-1795)</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Ruy_L%C3%B3pez_de_Segura" title="Ruy López de Segura">Ruy López de Segura</a>'s 1561 book contained eight paragraphs on endgames. It used the Spanish rules in effect at the time, so a stalemate and baring the opponent's king were half-wins.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1617 <a href="/wiki/Pietro_Carrera" title="Pietro Carrera">Pietro Carrera</a> published knowledge of several types of endgames, including <a href="/wiki/Queen_(chess)" title="Queen (chess)">queen</a> versus two <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(chess)" title="Bishop (chess)">bishops</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Rook_(chess)" title="Rook (chess)">rooks</a> versus a rook and a <a href="/wiki/Knight_(chess)" title="Knight (chess)">knight</a>, and two rooks versus a rook and a bishop. Several writers published books developing endgame theory: <a href="/wiki/Gioachino_Greco" title="Gioachino Greco">Gioachino Greco</a> in 1624, <a href="/wiki/Philipp_Stamma" title="Philipp Stamma">Philipp Stamma</a> in 1737, and <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Andr%C3%A9_Danican_Philidor" title="François-André Danican Philidor">François-André Philidor</a> in 1749.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1634 <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Salvio" title="Alessandro Salvio">Alessandro Salvio</a> analyzed endgames, including a key position in <a href="/wiki/Rook_(chess)" title="Rook (chess)">rook</a> endgames.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philidor's book contained much more endgame analysis than earlier books. The first edition analyzed the rook and bishop versus rook endgame. Later editions covered the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_and_knight_checkmate" title="Bishop and knight checkmate">bishop and knight checkmate</a>, rook and pawn versus bishop, queen versus rook and pawn, queen versus rook, <a href="/wiki/Rook_and_pawn_versus_rook_endgame" title="Rook and pawn versus rook endgame">rook and pawn versus rook</a> (including the <a href="/wiki/Philidor_position" title="Philidor position">Philidor position</a>), <a href="/wiki/Queen_and_pawn_versus_queen_endgame" title="Queen and pawn versus queen endgame">queen and pawn versus queen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen_versus_pawn_endgame" title="Queen versus pawn endgame">queen versus pawn on the seventh rank</a>, knight versus pawn, two pawns versus one pawn, and two <a href="/wiki/Isolated_pawn" title="Isolated pawn">isolated pawns</a> versus two <a href="/wiki/Connected_pawns" title="Connected pawns">connected pawns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="thumb noviewer tleft"><div class="center" style="line-height:130%;margin:0 auto;max-width:222px">Lolli 1763 </div><div class="thumbinner" style="width:214px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:88%;border:1px #c8ccd1 solid;padding:0;margin:auto"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">a</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">b</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">c</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">d</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">e</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">f</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">g</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">h</td><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:22px">8</td><td colspan="8" rowspan="8" style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit"><div class="chess-board notheme" style="position:relative"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chessboard480.svg/176px-Chessboard480.svg.png" decoding="async" width="176" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chessboard480.svg/264px-Chessboard480.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chessboard480.svg/352px-Chessboard480.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:66px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d8 white king"><img alt="d8 white king" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Chess_klt45.svg/22px-Chess_klt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Chess_klt45.svg/33px-Chess_klt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Chess_klt45.svg/44px-Chess_klt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:22px;left:22px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b7 black king"><img alt="b7 black king" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/22px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/33px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/44px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:44px;left:44px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c6 black bishop"><img alt="c6 black bishop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/22px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/33px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/44px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:44px;left:66px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d6 black bishop"><img alt="d6 black bishop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/22px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/33px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/44px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:66px;left:0px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a5 white queen"><img alt="a5 white queen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Chess_qlt45.svg/22px-Chess_qlt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Chess_qlt45.svg/33px-Chess_qlt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Chess_qlt45.svg/44px-Chess_qlt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div></div></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:22px">8</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">7</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">7</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">6</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">6</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">5</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">5</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">4</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">4</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">3</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">3</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">2</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">2</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">1</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">1</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">a</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">b</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">c</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">d</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">e</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">f</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">g</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">h</td><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="thumbcaption">The only mutual <a href="/wiki/Zugzwang" title="Zugzwang">zugzwang</a> position with this <a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_terms#Material" class="mw-redirect" title="List of chess terms">material</a>. White to move draws; Black to move loses. </div></div></div> <p>In the eighteenth century important books were written by Italians (the "Modenese Masters") <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Lorenzo_Ponziani" title="Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani">Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ercole_del_Rio" title="Ercole del Rio">Ercole del Rio</a> (1750), and <a href="/wiki/Giambattista_Lolli" title="Giambattista Lolli">Giambattista Lolli</a> (1763).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lolli's book was based on del Rio's work and was one of the most important for the next 90 years. He studied the endgame of a queen versus two bishops and agreed with the earlier opinion of Salvio that it was generally a <a href="/wiki/Draw_(chess)" title="Draw (chess)">draw</a>. Later this was overturned by computer <a href="/wiki/Endgame_tablebase" title="Endgame tablebase">endgame tablebases</a>, when <a href="/wiki/Ken_Thompson" title="Ken Thompson">Ken Thompson</a> found a 71-move solution. However, Lolli did find the unique position of mutual <a href="/wiki/Zugzwang" title="Zugzwang">zugzwang</a> in this endgame (see diagram).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lolli's 315-page book was the first giving practical research. His material came from several sources, including analysis by Philidor.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1766 <a href="/wiki/Carlo_Cozio" title="Carlo Cozio">Carlo Cozio</a> published analysis of 127 endgame positions, but it was not a practical handbook.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1851 <a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Horwitz" title="Bernhard Horwitz">Bernhard Horwitz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josef_Kling" title="Josef Kling">Josef Kling</a> published <i>Chess Studies, or endings of games</i>, which contained 427 positions. In 1884 Horwitz added more than fifty positions to the book, retitled it <i>Chess Studies and End-Games</i>, and completely omitted Kling's name.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other important books were <i>Fins de parties d'echecs</i> by <a href="/wiki/Phillipe_Ambroise_Durand" class="mw-redirect" title="Phillipe Ambroise Durand">Phillipe Ambroise Durand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Preti" title="Jean-Louis Preti">Jean-Louis Preti</a> in 1871, and <i>Teoria e pratica del giuoco degli scacchi</i> by Signor Salvioli in 1877.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Horowitz and Kling's analysis of the endgame of two bishops versus a knight had been questioned, and was eventually overturned by computer databases (see <a href="/wiki/Pawnless_chess_endgame" title="Pawnless chess endgame">pawnless chess endgame</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1864 Alfred Crosskill published analysis of the <a href="/wiki/Rook_and_bishop_versus_rook_endgame" title="Rook and bishop versus rook endgame">endgame of rook and bishop versus rook</a>, an endgame that has been studied at least as far back as Philidor in 1749.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Howard_Staunton" title="Howard Staunton">Howard Staunton</a> in <i>The Chess-Player's Handbook</i>, originally published in 1847, included almost 100 pages of analysis of endgames.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His analysis of the very rare rook versus three minor pieces endgame is surprisingly sophisticated. Staunton wrote, "Three minor Pieces are much stronger than a Rook, and in cases where two of them are Bishops will usually win without much difficulty, because the player of the Rook is certain to be compelled to lose him for one of his adversary's Pieces. If, however, there are two Knights and one Bishop opposed to a Rook, the latter may generally be exchanged for the Bishop, and as two Knights are insufficient of themselves to force checkmate, the game will be drawn."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing shortly before Staunton, <a href="/wiki/George_Walker_(chess_player)" title="George Walker (chess player)">George Walker</a> reached the same conclusions.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modern-day <a href="/wiki/Endgame_tablebase" title="Endgame tablebase">endgame tablebases</a> confirm Walker and Staunton's assessments of both endings.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yet Reuben Fine, 94 years after Staunton, erroneously wrote in <i><a href="/wiki/Basic_Chess_Endings" title="Basic Chess Endings">Basic Chess Endings</a></i> that both types of rook versus three minor piece endings "are theoretically drawn".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grandmaster <a href="/wiki/Pal_Benko" title="Pal Benko">Pal Benko</a>, an endgame authority and like Fine a world-class player at his peak, perpetuated Fine's error in his 2003 revision of <i>Basic Chess Endings</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grandmaster <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Soltis" title="Andrew Soltis">Andrew Soltis</a> in a 2004 book expressly disagreed with Staunton, claiming that rook versus two bishops and knight is drawn with correct play.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Endgame tablebases had already proven that Staunton was correct, and Soltis wrong, although it can take up to 68 moves to win.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BergerJohannN.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/BergerJohannN.jpg/180px-BergerJohannN.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/BergerJohannN.jpg/270px-BergerJohannN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/BergerJohannN.jpg/360px-BergerJohannN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="435" data-file-height="784" /></a><figcaption>Johann Berger (1845-1933)</figcaption></figure> <p>The modern period of chess endgame books begins with <i>Theorie und Praxis der Endspiele</i> (<i>Theory and practice of the Endgame</i>) by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Berger" title="Johann Berger">Johann Berger</a>. This was published in 1891, revised in 1922, and supplemented in 1933. This was the standard work on practical endgames for decades.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many later books were based on Berger's book.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Edward_Freeborough" title="Edward Freeborough">Edward Freeborough</a> wrote a 130-page book of analysis of the queen versus rook endgame, <i>The Chess Ending, King & Queen against King & Rook</i>, which was published in 1895. <a href="/wiki/Henri_Rinck" title="Henri Rinck">Henri Rinck</a> (1870-1952) was a specialist in <a href="/wiki/Pawnless_chess_endgame" title="Pawnless chess endgame">pawnless endgames</a> and <a href="/wiki/A._A._Troitsky" class="mw-redirect" title="A. A. Troitsky">A. A. Troitsky</a> (1866-1942) is famous for his analysis of <a href="/wiki/Two_knights_endgame" title="Two knights endgame">two knights versus a pawn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1927 <a href="/wiki/Ilya_Rabinovich" title="Ilya Rabinovich">Ilya Rabinovich</a> published a comprehensive book in Russian titled <i>The Endgame</i>, which was designed for teaching. An updated version appeared in 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (An English version of the second edition was published in 2012 as <i>The Russian Endgame Handbook</i>.) <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Znosko-Borovsky" title="Eugene Znosko-Borovsky">Eugene Znosko-Borovsky</a> published <i>How to Play Chess Endings</i> in 1940. </p><p>In 1941, <a href="/wiki/Reuben_Fine" title="Reuben Fine">Reuben Fine</a> published <i><a href="/wiki/Basic_Chess_Endings" title="Basic Chess Endings">Basic Chess Endings</a></i>, an attempt to collect all practical endgame knowledge into one volume. It is still useful today and has been revised by <a href="/wiki/Pal_Benko" title="Pal Benko">Pal Benko</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Half of <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Ch%C3%A9ron" title="André Chéron">André Chéron</a>'s (1895–1980) book <i>Traite Complet d'Echecs</i> was about the endgame, and later he wrote <i>Nouveau Traite Complet d'Echecs</i>, which was a large book about the endgame. He later expanded that into the four-volume <i>Lehr- und Handbuch der Endspiele</i> in German, which was translated from the 1952 version in French.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was a major work for <a href="/wiki/Endgame_studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Endgame studies">endgame studies</a> but was not designed for the practical player. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh" title="Yuri Averbakh">Yuri Averbakh</a> published a monumental set of books in Russian in 1956. The works were first published in English as several individual books (<i>Pawn Endings</i>, <i>Bishop Endings</i>, <i>Knight Endings</i>, <i>Bishop v. Knight Endings</i>, <i>Rook Endings</i>, <i>Queen and Pawn Endings</i>, <i>Queen v. Rook/Minor Piece Endings</i>, <i>Rook v. Minor Piece Endings</i>) and later collected into the five-volume <i>Comprehensive Chess Endings</i>. It was also published in other languages.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a> had these books sent to him during his <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1972" title="World Chess Championship 1972">World Championship match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="World Chess Champion">World Champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Max_Euwe" title="Max Euwe">Max Euwe</a> published the comprehensive eight-volume <i>Das Endspiel</i> in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some other major endgame books are <i>Rook Endings</i> by <a href="/wiki/Grigory_Levenfish" title="Grigory Levenfish">Grigory Levenfish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Smyslov" title="Vasily Smyslov">Vasily Smyslov</a> (1971), <i>Practical Chess Endings</i> by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Keres" title="Paul Keres">Paul Keres</a> (1973), <i>Fundamental Chess Endings</i> by <a href="/wiki/Karsten_M%C3%BCller" title="Karsten Müller">Karsten Müller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lamprecht" title="Frank Lamprecht">Frank Lamprecht</a> (2001), <i>Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual</i> by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Dvoretsky" title="Mark Dvoretsky">Mark Dvoretsky</a> (2003), and <i>Silman's Complete Endgame Course</i> by <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Silman" title="Jeremy Silman">Jeremy Silman</a> (2007). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Annotated_bibliography">Annotated bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Annotated bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Here are some books on chess endgames in English. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Small,_general_one-volume_books"><span id="Small.2C_general_one-volume_books"></span>Small, general one-volume books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Small, general one-volume books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PracticalChessEndings.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/PracticalChessEndings.jpg/180px-PracticalChessEndings.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/PracticalChessEndings.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="370" /></a><figcaption><i>Practical Chess Endings</i> by Paul Keres, 1981 paperback edition</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i>Winning Chess Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a>, 2003, <a href="/wiki/Everyman_Chess" title="Everyman Chess">Everyman Chess</a>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85744-348-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-85744-348-9">1-85744-348-9</a>. A good introductory book.</li> <li><i>Improve Your Endgame Play</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Flear" title="Glenn Flear">Glenn Flear</a>, 2000, Everyman Chess. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85744-246-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-85744-246-6">1-85744-246-6</a>. A good introductory book.</li> <li><i>Just the Facts!: Winning Endgame Knowledge in One Volume</i>, <a href="/wiki/Lev_Alburt" title="Lev Alburt">Lev Alburt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Krogius" title="Nikolai Krogius">Nikolai Krogius</a>, 2000, Newmarket Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-889323-15-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-889323-15-2">1-889323-15-2</a>. A good introductory book.</li> <li><i>Essential Chess Endings: the Tournament Player's Guide</i>, by <a href="/wiki/James_Howell_(chess_player)" title="James Howell (chess player)">James Howell</a>, 1997, <a href="/wiki/Anova_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Anova Books">Batsford</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-8189-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-8189-7">0-7134-8189-7</a>. A small but comprehensive book.</li> <li><i>Grandmaster Secrets: Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Soltis" title="Andrew Soltis">Andrew Soltis</a>, 1997, 2003, Thinker's Press, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-938650-66-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-938650-66-1">0-938650-66-1</a>. An elementary book.</li> <li><i>Pandolfini's Endgame Course</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Pandolfini" title="Bruce Pandolfini">Bruce Pandolfini</a>, 1988, Fireside, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-65688-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-65688-0">0-671-65688-0</a>. Many short elementary endgame lessons.</li> <li><i>Chess Endings Made Simple: How to Approach the Endgame with Confidence</i>, by Ian Snape, 2003, <a href="/wiki/Gambit_Publications" title="Gambit Publications">Gambit Publications</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-901983-97-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-901983-97-8">1-901983-97-8</a></li> <li><i>Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh" title="Yuri Averbakh">Yuri Averbakh</a>, 1966, 1993, Everyman Chess. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85744-022-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-85744-022-6">1-85744-022-6</a>. Contains some elementary material and a few more advanced topics, but is not comprehensive.</li> <li><i>Practical Chess Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Keres" title="Paul Keres">Paul Keres</a>, 1973, R.H.M. Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89058-028-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-89058-028-6">0-89058-028-6</a>. Reprinted by Batsford in 2018 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84994-495-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84994-495-3">978-1-84994-495-3</a> (now using algebraic notation).</li> <li><i>A Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames</i>, by <a href="/wiki/David_Vincent_Hooper" title="David Vincent Hooper">David Hooper</a>, 1970, Bell & Hyman. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7135-1761-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7135-1761-1">0-7135-1761-1</a>. Small yet relatively comprehensive book.</li> <li><i>A Guide to Chess Endings</i>, by Dr. <a href="/wiki/Max_Euwe" title="Max Euwe">Max Euwe</a> and David Hooper, 1959, 1976, Dover. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-486-23332-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-486-23332-4">0-486-23332-4</a>. Analysis of positions of many types, but little overall discussion of principles.</li> <li><i>Practical Chess Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Irving_Chernev" title="Irving Chernev">Irving Chernev</a>, 1961, Dover. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-486-22208-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-486-22208-X">0-486-22208-X</a>. A collection of 300 endgame studies, but little overall discussion of principles.</li> <li><i>Concise Chess Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Neil_McDonald_(chess_player)" title="Neil McDonald (chess player)">Neil McDonald</a>, 2002, Everyman Chess. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-313-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-313-4">978-1-85744-313-4</a>. Basic material in a physically small book.</li> <li><i>The Endgame</i>, by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marat_Makarov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marat Makarov (page does not exist)">Marat Makarov</a>, 2007, Chess Stars, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-954-8782-63-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-954-8782-63-0">978-954-8782-63-0</a>. The basic material.</li> <li><i>How to Win in the Chess Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/I._A._Horowitz" class="mw-redirect" title="I. A. Horowitz">I. A. Horowitz</a>, 1957, David McKay.</li> <li><i>Chess Endgames for Kids</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Karsten_M%C3%BCller" title="Karsten Müller">Karsten Müller</a> 2015, Gambit Publications. A good introductory book (and not just for kids).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Large,_more_comprehensive_one-volume_books"><span id="Large.2C_more_comprehensive_one-volume_books"></span>Large, more comprehensive one-volume books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Large, more comprehensive one-volume books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BasicChessEndings.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/BasicChessEndings.jpg/180px-BasicChessEndings.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/BasicChessEndings.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="185" data-file-height="280" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Basic_Chess_Endings" title="Basic Chess Endings">Basic Chess Endings</a></i> has appeared hardbound and softbound with several covers. This one is from 1971.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Basic_Chess_Endings" title="Basic Chess Endings">Basic Chess Endings</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/Reuben_Fine" title="Reuben Fine">Reuben Fine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pal_Benko" title="Pal Benko">Pal Benko</a>, 1941, 2003, McKay. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8129-3493-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-8129-3493-8">0-8129-3493-8</a>. The first modern endgame book in English. A classic book by Fine in 1941 – revised by Benko in 2003.</li> <li><i>Fundamental Chess Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Karsten_M%C3%BCller" title="Karsten Müller">Karsten Müller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lamprecht" title="Frank Lamprecht">Frank Lamprecht</a>, 2001, Gambit Publications. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-901983-53-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-901983-53-6">1-901983-53-6</a>. Comprehensive and modern.</li> <li><i>Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual</i>, second edition, by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Dvoretsky" title="Mark Dvoretsky">Mark Dvoretsky</a>, 2006, Russel Enterprises. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-888690-28-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-888690-28-3">1-888690-28-3</a>. A modern manual book by a noted chess teacher.</li> <li><i>Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner To Master</i>, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Silman" title="Jeremy Silman">Jeremy Silman</a>, 2007, Siles Press, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-890085-10-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-890085-10-3">1-890085-10-3</a>. Has a unique approach, presenting material in order of difficulty and the need to know of various classes of players. It starts with material for the absolute beginner and progresses up to master-level material.</li> <li><i>Practical Endgame Play - mastering the basics</i>, <a href="/wiki/Efstratios_Grivas" title="Efstratios Grivas">Efstratios Grivas</a>, 2008, <a href="/wiki/Everyman_Chess" title="Everyman Chess">Everyman Chess</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-556-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-556-5">978-1-85744-556-5</a>.</li> <li><i>Batsford Chess Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Speelman" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Speelman">Jon Speelman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Tisdall" title="Jonathan Tisdall">Jon Tisdall</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wade_(chess_player)" title="Robert Wade (chess player)">Bob Wade</a>, 1993, Batsford. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-4420-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-4420-7">0-7134-4420-7</a>. More of a catalog of positions and analysis with little discussion (probably out of print).</li> <li><i>The Russian Endgame Handbook</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Ilya_Rabinovich" title="Ilya Rabinovich">Ilya Rabinovich</a>. This is the 2012 English translation of the 1938 Russian book. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-936277-41-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-936277-41-4">978-1-936277-41-4</a>.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multi-volume_works">Multi-volume works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Multi-volume works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ComprehensiveChessEndings.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/ComprehensiveChessEndings.jpg/220px-ComprehensiveChessEndings.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/ComprehensiveChessEndings.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="237" /></a><figcaption>Works by Averbakh, individual books and <i>Comprehensive Chess Endings</i></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i>Comprehensive Chess Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh" title="Yuri Averbakh">Yuri Averbakh</a>, et al., 1983. In five volumes. A detailed, advanced, and comprehensive look at various endings. Intended for players with a <a href="/wiki/Elo_rating_system" title="Elo rating system">rating</a> of roughly 1800 or higher. Published by <a href="/wiki/Pergamon_Press" title="Pergamon Press">Pergamon Press</a>. The work originally appeared as a series of smaller books (e.g. <i>Bishop Endings</i>, <i>Knight Endings</i>, etc.). Out of print in book form, but available on computer CD-ROM. <ul><li>Volume 1: <i>Bishop endings/Knight endings</i>, Yuri Averbakh and <a href="/wiki/Vitaly_Chekhover" title="Vitaly Chekhover">Vitaly Chekhover</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-08-026900-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-08-026900-1">0-08-026900-1</a>, 553 diagrams, 209 pages.</li> <li>Volume 2: <i>Bishop against knight, rook against minor piece</i>, Yuri Averbakh, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-08-026902-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-08-026902-8">0-08-026902-8</a>, 631 diagrams, 245 pages.</li> <li>Volume 3: <i>Queen and pawn endings, queen versus rook, queen versus minor piece</i>, Yuri Averbakh, Vitaly Chekhover, and V. Henkin, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-08-026904-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-08-026904-4">0-08-026904-4</a>, 734 diagrams, 306 pages.</li> <li>Volume 4: <i>Pawn endings</i>, Yuri Averbakh and <a href="/wiki/Ilya_Maizelis" title="Ilya Maizelis">Ilya Maizelis</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-08-026906-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-08-026906-0">0-08-026906-0</a>, 768 diagrams, 291 pages.</li> <li>Volume 5: <i>Rook endings</i>, Yuri Averbakh and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Kopayev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nikolai Kopayev (page does not exist)">Nikolai Kopayev</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-08-026908-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-08-026908-7">0-08-026908-7</a>, 808 diagrams, 322 pages.</li></ul></li> <li><i>Encyclopedia of Chess Endings</i>, <i>Šahovski informator</i> (<a href="/wiki/Chess_Informant" title="Chess Informant">Chess Informant</a>), edited by <a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Matanovi%C4%87" title="Aleksandar Matanović">Aleksandar Matanović</a>. It contains no text (only moves with a few codes) and is aimed at experts and masters. It was published in five volumes:</li></ul> <ol><li>pawn endgames, 1610 diagrammed positions</li> <li>rook and pawn, 1727 positions</li> <li>rook and minor pieces, 1746 positions</li> <li>queen (including endings with rooks and minor pieces). 1800 positions</li> <li>minor pieces, 2017 positions.</li></ol> <ul><li><i>Theory and Practice of Chess Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Panchenko" title="Alexander Panchenko">Alexander Panchenko</a>. Two small volumes (318 positions/160 pages and 356 positions/176 pages).</li> <li><i>Nunn's Chess Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/John_Nunn" title="John Nunn">John Nunn</a>, 2010, two volumes. More in-depth companion to his <i>Understanding Chess Endgames</i> and covers positions from games. <ul><li>Volume 1: pawn endings, knight endings, bishop endings, knight vs. bishop endings, queen endings, 319 pages.</li> <li>Volume 2: rook endings, rook and minor piece endings, 351 pages.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books_on_specific_endings">Books on specific endings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Books on specific endings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pawn_endings">Pawn endings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pawn endings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chess_pll45.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Chess_pll45.svg/45px-Chess_pll45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Chess_pll45.svg/68px-Chess_pll45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Chess_pll45.svg/90px-Chess_pll45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i>Starting Out: Pawn Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Flear" title="Glenn Flear">Glenn Flear</a>, 2004, Everyman Chess. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85744-362-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-85744-362-4">1-85744-362-4</a>. A good book for advancing and intermediate players.</li> <li><i>Secrets of Pawn Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Karsten_M%C3%BCller" title="Karsten Müller">Karsten Müller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lamprecht" title="Frank Lamprecht">Frank Lamprecht</a>, 2007, Gambit. (Reissue of 2000 book by Everyman Chess, with corrections.) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-904600-88-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-904600-88-6">978-1-904600-88-6</a>. An in-depth book for king and pawn endgames.</li> <li><i>Comprehensive Chess Endings: Pawn Endings</i>, volume 4, by Yuri Averbakh and Ilya Maizelis, see above.</li> <li><i>1000 Pawn Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Pint%C3%A9r" title="József Pintér">József Pintér</a>, 2006, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/963-87170-0-9" title="Special:BookSources/963-87170-0-9">963-87170-0-9</a>. Positions (mostly from games but some studies) and moves, no text.</li> <li><i>One Pawn Saves the Day: A World Champion's Favorite Studies</i>, by Sergei Tkachenko, 2017, Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing House <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-950-04334-0" title="Special:BookSources/5-950-04334-0">5-950-04334-0</a>. 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one pawn in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Fishbein" title="Alexander Fishbein">Fishbein, Alexander</a> (1993), <i>King and Pawn Endings</i>, American Chess Promotions, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-939298-39-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-939298-39-2"><bdi>0-939298-39-2</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=King+and+Pawn+Endings&rft.pub=American+Chess+Promotions&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-939298-39-2&rft.aulast=Fishbein&rft.aufirst=Alexander&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rook_endings">Rook endings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Rook endings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chess_rll45.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Chess_rll45.svg/45px-Chess_rll45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Chess_rll45.svg/68px-Chess_rll45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Chess_rll45.svg/90px-Chess_rll45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RookEndings.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/RookEndings.jpg/180px-RookEndings.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/RookEndings.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="379" /></a><figcaption>Cover of the 1975 hardback printing of <i>Rook Endings</i>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i>Starting Out: Rook Endgames</i> (2004). <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ward_(chess_player)" title="Chris Ward (chess player)">Chris Ward</a>, Everyman Chess. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85744-374-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-85744-374-8">1-85744-374-8</a>. A good book for advancing and intermediate players.</li> <li><i>The Survival Guide to Rook Endings</i>, <a href="/wiki/John_Emms_(chess_player)" title="John Emms (chess player)">John Emms</a>, 2008. Gambit. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-904600-94-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-904600-94-7">978-1-904600-94-7</a>. (Reissue of 1999 book by Everyman Chess, with corrections.) An in-depth book for rook and pawn endgames.</li> <li><i>Practical Rook Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Victor_Korchnoi" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Korchnoi">Victor Korchnoi</a>, 1999, 2002, Olms. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-283-00401-3" title="Special:BookSources/3-283-00401-3">3-283-00401-3</a>. An introductory chapter on fundamental positions followed by detailed analysis of fourteen rook endgames from his actual games.</li> <li><i>Rook Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Grigory_Levenfish" title="Grigory Levenfish">Grigory Levenfish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Smyslov" title="Vasily Smyslov">Vasily Smyslov</a>, 1971, Batsford. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-0449-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-0449-3">0-7134-0449-3</a>. Considered a classic study of rook and pawn endings, is out of print.</li> <li><i>Secrets of Rook Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/John_Nunn" title="John Nunn">John Nunn</a>, 1992, 1999, Gambit Publications. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-901983-18-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-901983-18-8">1-901983-18-8</a>. Goes deeply into the intricate details of the ending of a king, one rook, and one pawn versus a king and one rook – culled from a computer <a href="/wiki/Endgame_tablebase" title="Endgame tablebase">endgame tablebase</a>. Considers positions based on every starting position of the pawn.</li> <li><i>Practical Rook Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Edmar_Mednis" title="Edmar Mednis">Edmar Mednis</a>, 1982, Chess Enterprises. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-931462-16-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-931462-16-9">0-931462-16-9</a>. A small book on rook and pawn endgames.</li> <li><i>One Rook Saves the Day: A World Champion's Favorite Studies</i>, by Sergei Tkachenko, 2017, Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing House <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-950-04337-5" title="Special:BookSources/5-950-04337-5">5-950-04337-5</a>. 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one rook in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Minev" title="Nikolay Minev">Minev, Nikolay</a> (2004), <i>A Practical Guide to Rook Endgames</i>, Russell Enterprises, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-888690-22-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-888690-22-4"><bdi>1-888690-22-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Practical+Guide+to+Rook+Endgames&rft.pub=Russell+Enterprises&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=1-888690-22-4&rft.aulast=Minev&rft.aufirst=Nikolay&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i>Comprehensive Chess Endings: Rook Endings</i>, volume 5, by Yuri Averbakh and Nikolai Kopayev, see above.</li> <li><i>1000 Rook Endings</i>, by József Pintér, 2007, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-963-9750-00-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-963-9750-00-5">978-963-9750-00-5</a>. Positions (mostly from games but some studies) and moves, no text.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Minor_piece_endings">Minor piece endings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Minor piece endings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table align="right"> <tbody><tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chess_bll45.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Chess_bll45.svg/45px-Chess_bll45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Chess_bll45.svg/68px-Chess_bll45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Chess_bll45.svg/90px-Chess_bll45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chess_nll45.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Chess_nll45.svg/45px-Chess_nll45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Chess_nll45.svg/68px-Chess_nll45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Chess_nll45.svg/90px-Chess_nll45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><i>Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames</i>, by <a href="/wiki/John_Emms_(chess_player)" title="John Emms (chess player)">John Emms</a>, 2004, Everyman Chess, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85744-359-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-85744-359-4">1-85744-359-4</a>. A good book for advancing and intermediate players.</li> <li><i>Comprehensive Chess Endings: Bishop Endings/Knight Endings</i>, volume 1, by Yuri Averbakh and Vitaly Chekhover, see above.</li> <li><i>Secrets of Minor-Piece Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/John_Nunn" title="John Nunn">John Nunn</a>, Batsford. A very detailed look at the endgames of one minor piece and a pawn versus one minor piece, plus two bishops versus one knight (with no pawns), based on computer tablebase, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8050-4228-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-8050-4228-8">0-8050-4228-8</a>.</li> <li><i>One Knight Saves the Day: A World Champion's Favorite Studies</i>, by Sergei Tkachenko, 2017, Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing House <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-950-04335-9" title="Special:BookSources/5-950-04335-9">5-950-04335-9</a>. 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one knight in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.</li> <li><i>One Bishop Saves the Day: A World Champion's Favorite Studies</i>, by Sergei Tkachenko, 2017, Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing House <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-950-04336-7" title="Special:BookSources/5-950-04336-7">5-950-04336-7</a>. 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one bishop in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.</li> <li><i>1000 Minor Piece Endings</i>, by József Pintér, 2007. Positions (mostly from games but some studies) and moves, no text.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Edmar_Mednis" title="Edmar Mednis">Mednis, Edmar</a> (1990), <i>Practical Bishop Endings</i>, Chess Enterprises, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-945470-04-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-945470-04-5"><bdi>0-945470-04-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Practical+Bishop+Endings&rft.pub=Chess+Enterprises&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=0-945470-04-5&rft.aulast=Mednis&rft.aufirst=Edmar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">Mednis, Edmar (1993), <i>Practical Knight Endings</i>, Chess Enterprises, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-945470-35-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-945470-35-5"><bdi>0-945470-35-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Practical+Knight+Endings&rft.pub=Chess+Enterprises&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-945470-35-5&rft.aulast=Mednis&rft.aufirst=Edmar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_endings">Other endings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other endings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Secrets of Pawnless Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/John_Nunn" title="John Nunn">John Nunn</a>, 1994, 2002, Gambit Publications. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-901983-65-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-901983-65-X">1-901983-65-X</a>. A very detailed look at relatively rare critical endings without pawns, based on computer tablebase.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">Polak, Tomas (2008), <i>Rook Against Two Pieces</i>, Sachy</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rook+Against+Two+Pieces&rft.pub=Sachy&rft.date=2008&rft.au=Polak%2C+Tomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Endgame_strategy">Endgame strategy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Endgame strategy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Strategic endgames are endgames that begin at the end of the middlegame. Usually each player has several pieces, making the position too difficult to analyze in detail. Therefore, it is usually not certain what the outcome should be or what is the best line of play. </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lars_Bo_Hansen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lars Bo Hansen (page does not exist)">Hansen, Lars Bo</a> (2006), <i>Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy</i>, Gambit, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-904600-44-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-904600-44-1"><bdi>1-904600-44-1</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Secrets+of+Chess+Endgame+Strategy&rft.pub=Gambit&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-904600-44-1&rft.aulast=Hansen&rft.aufirst=Lars+Bo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Shereshevsky, Mikhail (1994), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Engame_strategy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Engame strategy (page does not exist)">Engame strategy</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_strat%C3%A9gie_dans_les_FINALES" class="extiw" title="fr:La stratégie dans les FINALES">fr</a>]</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Flear" title="Glenn Flear">Flear, Glenn</a> (2007), <i>Practical Endgame Play - beyond the basics: the definitive guide to the endgames that really matter</i>, Everyman Chess, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-555-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-555-8"><bdi>978-1-85744-555-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Practical+Endgame+Play+-+beyond+the+basics%3A+the+definitive+guide+to+the+endgames+that+really+matter&rft.pub=Everyman+Chess&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-85744-555-8&rft.aulast=Flear&rft.aufirst=Glenn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span> A follow-up companion to <i>Practical Endgame Play</i> by Grivas.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Karsten_M%C3%BCller" title="Karsten Müller">Müller, Karsten</a>; Pajeken, Wolfgang (2008), <i>How to Play Chess Endgames</i>, Gambit Publications, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-904600-86-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-904600-86-2"><bdi>978-1-904600-86-2</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+to+Play+Chess+Endgames&rft.pub=Gambit+Publications&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-904600-86-2&rft.aulast=M%C3%BCller&rft.aufirst=Karsten&rft.au=Pajeken%2C+Wolfgang&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span> A follow-up companion to <i>Fundamental Chess Endings</i> by Müller and Lamprecht.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Endgames_by_specific_players">Endgames by specific players</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Endgames by specific players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ra%C3%BAl_Capablanca" title="José Raúl Capablanca">Capablanca's</a> Best Chess Endings: 60 Complete Games</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Irving_Chernev" title="Irving Chernev">Irving Chernev</a>, 1978, Dover. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-486-24249-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-486-24249-8">0-486-24249-8</a>. Complete games with good endgame lessons.</li> <li><i>Vasily Smyslov: Endgame Virtuoso</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Smyslov" title="Vasily Smyslov">Vasily Smyslov</a>, 1997, Everyman Chess. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85744-198-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-85744-198-2">1-85744-198-2</a>. Endings plus some complete games that illustrate endgames.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Tibor_K%C3%A1rolyi_(chess_player)" title="Tibor Károlyi (chess player)">Károlyi, Tibor</a>; <a href="/wiki/Nick_Aplin" title="Nick Aplin">Aplin, Nick</a> (2007), <i>Endgame Virtuoso <a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov" title="Anatoly Karpov">Anatoly Karpov</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/New_In_Chess" title="New In Chess">New In Chess</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-202-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-202-4"><bdi>978-90-5691-202-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Endgame+Virtuoso+Anatoly+Karpov&rft.pub=New+In+Chess&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-90-5691-202-4&rft.aulast=K%C3%A1rolyi&rft.aufirst=Tibor&rft.au=Aplin%2C+Nick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span>. Contains 105 of his best games, with annotations of the endgames.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">Kaufeld, Jurgen; Kern, Guido (2011), <i>Grandmaster Chess Strategy: What amateurs can learn from Ulf Andersson's positional masterpieces</i>, <a href="/wiki/New_in_Chess" class="mw-redirect" title="New in Chess">New in Chess</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-346-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-346-5"><bdi>978-90-5691-346-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Grandmaster+Chess+Strategy%3A+What+amateurs+can+learn+from+Ulf+Andersson%27s+positional+masterpieces&rft.pub=New+in+Chess&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-90-5691-346-5&rft.aulast=Kaufeld&rft.aufirst=Jurgen&rft.au=Kern%2C+Guido&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span> Has four chapters of endgames by <a href="/wiki/Ulf_Andersson" title="Ulf Andersson">Ulf Andersson</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Miscellaneous_endgame_books">Miscellaneous endgame books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Miscellaneous endgame books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Mastering the Endgame</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Flear" title="Glenn Flear">Glenn Flear</a>, 2001, Everyman Chess. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85744-233-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-85744-233-4">1-85744-233-4</a>. A good follow-up to the elementary books.</li> <li><i>Six Hundred Endings</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Lajos_Portisch" title="Lajos Portisch">Lajos Portisch</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bal%C3%A1zs_S%C3%A1rk%C3%B6zy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Balázs Sárközy (page does not exist)">Balázs Sárközy</a>, 1981, <a href="/wiki/Pergamon_Press" title="Pergamon Press">Pergamon Press</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-08-024137-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-08-024137-9">0-08-024137-9</a>. Examines specific endgames from actual games and studies, categorized by the basic type of ending.</li> <li><i>Winning Endgame Technique</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Beliavsky" title="Alexander Beliavsky">Alexander Beliavsky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Mikhalchishin" title="Adrian Mikhalchishin">Adrian Mikhalchishin</a>, 1995, Batsford, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-7512-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-7512-9">0-7134-7512-9</a>. Explores several key types of endgames.</li> <li><i>Winning Endgame Strategy</i>, by Alexander Beliavsky and Adrian Mikhalchishin, 2000, Batsford, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-8446-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-8446-2">0-7134-8446-2</a>.</li> <li><i>Modern Endgame Practice</i>, by Alexander Beliavsky and Adrian Mikhalchishin, 2003, Batsford, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-8740-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-8740-2">0-7134-8740-2</a>.</li> <li><i>Endgame Secrets: How to plan in the endgame in chess</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lutz" title="Christopher Lutz">Christopher Lutz</a>, 1999, Batsford. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-8165-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-8165-X">0-7134-8165-X</a>. Examines forty-five endgames from actual play.</li> <li><i>Analysing the Endgame</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Speelman" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Speelman">Jonathan Speelman</a>, 1981, Arco Chess Library. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-668-05242-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-668-05242-2">0-668-05242-2</a>. Analysis of some basic endgames and some more complex ones. Can be difficult going.</li> <li><i>Endgame Preparation</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Speelman" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Speelman">Jon Speelman</a>, 1981, Batsford. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-4000-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-4000-7">0-7134-4000-7</a> (limp) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-3999-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-3999-8">0-7134-3999-8</a> (cased). Covers some selected endgame topics. Can be difficult going.</li> <li><i>C.J.S. Purdy On the Endgame</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Purdy" title="Cecil Purdy">Cecil Purdy</a>, 2003, Thinker's Press, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-888710-03-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-888710-03-9">1-888710-03-9</a> - collection of various articles, not a full encyclopedia.</li> <li><i>101 Chess Endgame Tips: Golden nuggets of endgame wisdom</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Giddins" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Giddins">Stephen Giddins</a>, 2007, Gambit, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-904600-66-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-904600-66-4">978-1-904600-66-4</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Giddins" title="Steve Giddins">Giddins, Steve</a> (2012), <i>The Greatest Ever Chess Endgames</i>, <a href="/wiki/Everyman_Chess" title="Everyman Chess">Everyman Chess</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-694-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-694-4"><bdi>978-1-85744-694-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Greatest+Ever+Chess+Endgames&rft.pub=Everyman+Chess&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-85744-694-4&rft.aulast=Giddins&rft.aufirst=Steve&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i>Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics</i>, by Gerardus C. van Perlo, 2006, <a href="/wiki/New_In_Chess" title="New In Chess">New In Chess</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-168-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-168-3">978-90-5691-168-3</a></li> <li><i>Practical Endgame Play</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Neil_McDonald_(chessplayer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neil McDonald (chessplayer)">Neil McDonald</a>, 1996, Cadogan. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-176-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-176-5">978-1-85744-176-5</a>.</li> <li><i>Practical Endgame Lessons</i>, by Edmar Mednis, McKay.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">Mednis, Edmar (1987), <i>Questions and Answers on Practical Endgame Play</i>, Chess Enterprises, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-931462-69-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-931462-69-X"><bdi>0-931462-69-X</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Questions+and+Answers+on+Practical+Endgame+Play&rft.pub=Chess+Enterprises&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=0-931462-69-X&rft.aulast=Mednis&rft.aufirst=Edmar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">Griffiths, Peter (1992), <i>Exploring the Endgame</i>, American Chess Promotions, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-939298-83-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-939298-83-X"><bdi>0-939298-83-X</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Exploring+the+Endgame&rft.pub=American+Chess+Promotions&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-939298-83-X&rft.aulast=Griffiths&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span> Fifty-four annotated endgames from games, most give the complete game.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">Griffiths, P.C. (1976), <i>The Endgame: in modern theory and practice</i>, G. Bell & Sons, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7135-1953-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7135-1953-3"><bdi>0-7135-1953-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Endgame%3A+in+modern+theory+and+practice&rft.pub=G.+Bell+%26+Sons&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-7135-1953-3&rft.aulast=Griffiths&rft.aufirst=P.C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span> Not comprehensive but mostly practical endgames from tournament games</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_de_la_Villa" title="Jesús de la Villa">de la Villa, Jesús</a> (2008), <i>100 Endgames You Must Know</i>, <a href="/wiki/New_in_Chess" class="mw-redirect" title="New in Chess">New in Chess</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-244-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-244-4"><bdi>978-90-5691-244-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=100+Endgames+You+Must+Know&rft.pub=New+in+Chess&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-90-5691-244-4&rft.aulast=de+la+Villa&rft.aufirst=Jes%C3%BAs&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span> Subtitle: "Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player"</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_de_la_Villa" title="Jesús de la Villa">de la Villa, Jesús</a> (2019), <i>The 100 Endgames You Must Know Workbook</i>, <a href="/wiki/New_in_Chess" class="mw-redirect" title="New in Chess">New in Chess</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-817-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-817-0"><bdi>978-90-5691-817-0</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+100+Endgames+You+Must+Know+Workbook&rft.pub=New+in+Chess&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=978-90-5691-817-0&rft.aulast=de+la+Villa&rft.aufirst=Jes%C3%BAs&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_de_la_Villa" title="Jesús de la Villa">de la Villa, Jesús</a> (2021), <i>100 Endgame Patterns You Must Know</i>, <a href="/wiki/New_in_Chess" class="mw-redirect" title="New in Chess">New in Chess</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-972-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-5691-972-6"><bdi>978-90-5691-972-6</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=100+Endgame+Patterns+You+Must+Know&rft.pub=New+in+Chess&rft.date=2021&rft.isbn=978-90-5691-972-6&rft.aulast=de+la+Villa&rft.aufirst=Jes%C3%BAs&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i>How to Play Chess Endings</i>, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Znosko-Borovsky" title="Eugene Znosko-Borovsky">Eugene Znosko-Borovsky</a>, 1940</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Dvoretsky" title="Mark Dvoretsky">Dvoretsky, Mark</a>; <a href="/wiki/Artur_Yusupov_(chess_player)" title="Artur Yusupov (chess player)">Yusupov, Artur</a> (2008), <i>Secrets of Endgame Technique</i>, Olms, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-283-00517-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-283-00517-7"><bdi>978-3-283-00517-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Secrets+of+Endgame+Technique&rft.pub=Olms&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-3-283-00517-7&rft.aulast=Dvoretsky&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft.au=Yusupov%2C+Artur&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Silman" title="Jeremy Silman">Silman, Jeremy</a> (1992), <i>Essential Chess Endings Explained Move by Move. Volume one: Novice through Intermediate</i> (2nd ed.), Chess Digest, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87568-172-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-87568-172-7"><bdi>0-87568-172-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Essential+Chess+Endings+Explained+Move+by+Move.+Volume+one%3A+Novice+through+Intermediate&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Chess+Digest&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-87568-172-7&rft.aulast=Silman&rft.aufirst=Jeremy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">Smith, Ken (1992), <i>Essential Chess Endings Explained Move by Move. Volume two: Intermediate through Master</i>, Chess Digest, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87568-210-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-87568-210-3"><bdi>0-87568-210-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Essential+Chess+Endings+Explained+Move+by+Move.+Volume+two%3A+Intermediate+through+Master&rft.pub=Chess+Digest&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-87568-210-3&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Ken&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/John_Donaldson_(chess_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Donaldson (chess player)">Donaldson, John</a> (1995), <i>Essential Chess Endings for Advanced Players</i>, Chess Digest, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87568-263-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-87568-263-4"><bdi>0-87568-263-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Essential+Chess+Endings+for+Advanced+Players&rft.pub=Chess+Digest&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-87568-263-4&rft.aulast=Donaldson&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">Angos, Alex (2005), <i>You Move ... I Win!: A Lesson in Zugzwang</i>, Thinkers' Press, Inc., <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-888710-18-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-888710-18-2"><bdi>978-1-888710-18-2</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=You+Move+...+I+Win%21%3A+A+Lesson+in+Zugzwang&rft.pub=Thinkers%27+Press%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-1-888710-18-2&rft.aulast=Angos&rft.aufirst=Alex&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span> About <a href="/wiki/Zugzwang" title="Zugzwang">zugzwang</a> positions, almost entirely in the endgame.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">Prandstetter, Eduard; <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Balashov" title="Yuri Balashov">Balashov, Yuri</a> (1992), <i>Basic Endgames</i>, Prague Chess Agency, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/80-901056-0-2" title="Special:BookSources/80-901056-0-2"><bdi>80-901056-0-2</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Basic+Endgames&rft.pub=Prague+Chess+Agency&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=80-901056-0-2&rft.au=Prandstetter%2C+Eduard&rft.au=Balashov%2C+Yuri&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Pal_Benko" title="Pal Benko">Benko, Pal</a> (2007), <i>Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory</i>, Ishi Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-923891-88-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-923891-88-6"><bdi>978-0-923891-88-6</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pal+Benko%27s+Endgame+Laboratory&rft.pub=Ishi+Press&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-923891-88-6&rft.aulast=Benko&rft.aufirst=Pal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span> A collection of Benko's <i><a href="/wiki/Chess_Life" title="Chess Life">Chess Life</a></i> articles 1981-86</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Pandolfini" title="Bruce Pandolfini">Pandolfini, Bruce</a> (2009), <i>Endgame Workshop: Principles for the Practical Player</i>, Russell Enterprises, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-888690-53-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-888690-53-8"><bdi>978-1-888690-53-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Endgame+Workshop%3A+Principles+for+the+Practical+Player&rft.pub=Russell+Enterprises&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-888690-53-8&rft.aulast=Pandolfini&rft.aufirst=Bruce&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/John_Nunn" title="John Nunn">Nunn, John</a> (2009), <i>Understanding Chess Endgames</i>, <a href="/wiki/Gambit_Publications" title="Gambit Publications">Gambit Publications</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-906454-11-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-906454-11-1"><bdi>978-1-906454-11-1</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Understanding+Chess+Endgames&rft.pub=Gambit+Publications&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-906454-11-1&rft.aulast=Nunn&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Edmar_Mednis" title="Edmar Mednis">Mednis, Edmar</a>; Crouch, Colin (1992), <i>Rate Your Endgame</i>, Cadogan, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-174-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-174-1"><bdi>978-1-85744-174-1</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rate+Your+Endgame&rft.pub=Cadogan&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-1-85744-174-1&rft.aulast=Mednis&rft.aufirst=Edmar&rft.au=Crouch%2C+Colin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span> Based on <i>Practical Endgame Lessons</i> by Mednis, it is expanded and includes exercises</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Dvoretsky" title="Mark Dvoretsky">Dvoretsky, Mark</a> (2003), <i>School of Chess Excellence 1: Endgame Analysis</i>, Olms, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-283-00416-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-283-00416-3"><bdi>978-3-283-00416-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=School+of+Chess+Excellence+1%3A+Endgame+Analysis&rft.pub=Olms&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-3-283-00416-3&rft.aulast=Dvoretsky&rft.aufirst=Mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span> Deep analysis of some endgames. Is in three parts: analysis of adjourned positions, endgame knowledge, and endgame studies.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Magazines">Magazines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Magazines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EG_(magazine)" title="EG (magazine)"><i>EG</i> magazine</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Computer">Computer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Computer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Liskov" title="Barbara Liskov">Huberman (Liskov), Barbara Jane</a> (1968), <i>A program to play chess end games</i>, Stanford University Department of Computer Science, Technical Report CS 106, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Project Memo AI-65</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+program+to+play+chess+end+games&rft.pub=Stanford+University+Department+of+Computer+Science%2C+Technical+Report+CS+106%2C+Stanford+Artificial+Intelligence+Project+Memo+AI-65&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Huberman+%28Liskov%29&rft.aufirst=Barbara+Jane&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">Stiller, Lewis (1996), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.msri.org/publications/books/Book29/files/stiller.pdf"><i>Multilinear Algebra and Chess Endgames</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Berkeley, California: <a href="/wiki/Mathematical_Sciences_Research_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathematical Sciences Research Institute">Mathematical Sciences Research Institute</a>, Games of No Chance, MSRI Publications, Volume 29</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Multilinear+Algebra+and+Chess+Endgames&rft.place=Berkeley%2C+California&rft.pub=Mathematical+Sciences+Research+Institute%2C+Games+of+No+Chance%2C+MSRI+Publications%2C+Volume+29&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Stiller&rft.aufirst=Lewis&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msri.org%2Fpublications%2Fbooks%2FBook29%2Ffiles%2Fstiller.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chess_theory" title="Chess theory">Chess theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_endgame" title="Chess endgame">Chess endgame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_books" title="List of chess books">List of chess books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opening_book" class="mw-redirect" title="Opening book">Chess opening books</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chess_endgame_literature&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFGolombek1977">Golombek 1977</a>:101)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFGolombek1977">Golombek 1977</a>:101)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFRoycroft1972">Roycroft 1972</a>:69)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFStiller1996">Stiller 1996</a>:153)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFGolombek1977">Golombek 1977</a>:101)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFGolombek1976">Golombek 1976</a>:121)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFHorwitzKling1986">Horwitz & Kling 1986</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFStiller1996">Stiller 1996</a>:154)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFNunn2002">Nunn 2002</a>:298)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFGolombek1977">Golombek 1977</a>:101)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFGolombek1977">Golombek 1977</a>:101)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFHorwitzKling1986">Horwitz & Kling 1986</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFGolombek1977">Golombek 1977</a>:101)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFStiller1996">Stiller 1996</a>:154)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFStiller1996">Stiller 1996</a>:154)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFStaunton1847">Staunton 1847</a>:403–500)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFStaunton1847">Staunton 1847</a>:439)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFWalker1846">Walker 1846</a>:253–54)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFMüllerLamprecht2001">Müller & Lamprecht 2001</a>:403)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFFine1941">Fine 1941</a>:521)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFFineBenko2003">Fine & Benko 2003</a>:524)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFSoltis2004">Soltis 2004</a>:84)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFMüllerLamprecht2001">Müller & Lamprecht 2001</a>:403)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFGolombek1977">Golombek 1977</a>:101)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFPurdy2003">Purdy 2003</a>:155–56)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFStiller1996">Stiller 1996</a>:154)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFRabinovich2012">Rabinovich 2012</a>:7)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFGolombek1977">Golombek 1977</a>:101)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFPurdy2003">Purdy 2003</a>:244)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFGolombek1977">Golombek 1977</a>:101)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFAverbakhChekover1977">Averbakh & Chekover 1977</a>:jacket)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFRosen2003">Rosen 2003</a>:7, 9, 172)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAverbakhChekover1977" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh" title="Yuri Averbakh">Averbakh, Yuri</a>; Chekover, Vitaly (1977), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/knightendings00aver_0"><i>Knight Endings</i></a>, Batsford, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-0552-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-0552-X"><bdi>0-7134-0552-X</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Knight+Endings&rft.pub=Batsford&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=0-7134-0552-X&rft.aulast=Averbakh&rft.aufirst=Yuri&rft.au=Chekover%2C+Vitaly&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fknightendings00aver_0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFine1941" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Fine" title="Reuben Fine">Fine, Reuben</a> (1941), <i><a href="/wiki/Basic_Chess_Endings" title="Basic Chess Endings">Basic Chess Endings</a> (1941)</i>, McKay</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Basic+Chess+Endings+%281941%29&rft.pub=McKay&rft.date=1941&rft.aulast=Fine&rft.aufirst=Reuben&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFineBenko2003" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Fine" title="Reuben Fine">Fine, Reuben</a>; <a href="/wiki/Pal_Benko" title="Pal Benko">Benko, Pal</a> (2003) [1941], <i>Basic Chess Endings</i> (revised ed.), McKay, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8129-3493-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-8129-3493-8"><bdi>0-8129-3493-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Basic+Chess+Endings&rft.edition=revised&rft.pub=McKay&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-8129-3493-8&rft.aulast=Fine&rft.aufirst=Reuben&rft.au=Benko%2C+Pal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGolombek1976" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Golombek" title="Harry Golombek">Golombek, Harry</a> (1976), <i>Chess: A History</i>, Putnam, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-399-11575-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-399-11575-7"><bdi>0-399-11575-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chess%3A+A+History&rft.pub=Putnam&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-399-11575-7&rft.aulast=Golombek&rft.aufirst=Harry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGolombek1977" class="citation cs2">Golombek, Harry (1977), "Endgame: Literature, history of", <i>Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess</i>, Crown, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-517-53146-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-517-53146-1"><bdi>0-517-53146-1</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Endgame%3A+Literature%2C+history+of&rft.btitle=Golombek%27s+Encyclopedia+of+Chess&rft.pub=Crown&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=0-517-53146-1&rft.aulast=Golombek&rft.aufirst=Harry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHorwitzKling1986" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Horwitz" title="Bernhard Horwitz">Horwitz, Bernhard</a>; <a href="/wiki/Josef_Kling" title="Josef Kling">Kling, Josef</a> (1986), <i>Chess Studies and End-Games (1851, 1884)</i>, Olms, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-283-00172-3" title="Special:BookSources/3-283-00172-3"><bdi>3-283-00172-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chess+Studies+and+End-Games+%281851%2C+1884%29&rft.pub=Olms&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=3-283-00172-3&rft.aulast=Horwitz&rft.aufirst=Bernhard&rft.au=Kling%2C+Josef&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMüllerLamprecht2001" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Karsten_M%C3%BCller" title="Karsten Müller">Müller, Karsten</a>; <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lamprecht" title="Frank Lamprecht">Lamprecht, Frank</a> (2001), <i>Fundamental Chess Endings</i>, Gambit Publications, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-901983-53-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-901983-53-6"><bdi>1-901983-53-6</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fundamental+Chess+Endings&rft.pub=Gambit+Publications&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=1-901983-53-6&rft.aulast=M%C3%BCller&rft.aufirst=Karsten&rft.au=Lamprecht%2C+Frank&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNunn2002" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/John_Nunn" title="John Nunn">Nunn, John</a> (2002), <i>Secrets of Pawnless Endings</i> (2nd ed.), Gambit Publications, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-901983-65-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-901983-65-X"><bdi>1-901983-65-X</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Secrets+of+Pawnless+Endings&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Gambit+Publications&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-901983-65-X&rft.aulast=Nunn&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChess+endgame+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPurdy2003" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Purdy" title="Cecil Purdy">Purdy, C.J.S.</a> (2003), <i>C.J.S. 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href="/wiki/List_of_amateur_chess_players" title="List of amateur chess players">amateurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_chess_players" title="List of female chess players">female</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_grandmasters" title="List of chess grandmasters">grandmasters</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_chess" title="Women in chess">Women in chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Chess_museums" title="Category:Chess museums">Chess museums</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Fischer_Center" title="Bobby Fischer Center">Bobby Fischer Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6kyay_Association_Chess_Museum" title="Gökyay Association Chess Museum">Gökyay Association Chess Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Hall_of_Fame" title="World Chess Hall of Fame">World Chess Hall of Fame</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rules_of_chess" title="Rules of chess">Rules</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Castling" title="Castling">Castling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheating_in_chess" title="Cheating in chess">Cheating in chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Check_(chess)" title="Check (chess)">Check</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Checkmate" title="Checkmate">Checkmate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draw_(chess)" title="Draw (chess)">Draw</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Draw_by_agreement" title="Draw by agreement">by agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifty-move_rule" title="Fifty-move rule">Fifty-move rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_check" title="Perpetual check">Perpetual check</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stalemate" title="Stalemate">Stalemate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threefold_repetition" title="Threefold repetition">Threefold repetition</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/En_passant" title="En passant">En passant</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Promotion_(chess)" title="Promotion (chess)">Pawn promotion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_control" title="Time control">Time control</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fast_chess" title="Fast chess">Fast chess</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touch-move_rule" title="Touch-move rule">Touch-move rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_and_Black_in_chess" title="White and Black in chess">White and Black</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_chess" title="Glossary of chess">Terms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blunder_(chess)" title="Blunder (chess)">Blunder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_notation" title="Chess notation">Chess notation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">algebraic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Descriptive_notation" title="Descriptive notation">descriptive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portable_Game_Notation" title="Portable Game Notation">PGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_annotation_symbols" title="Chess annotation symbols">annotation symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode" title="Chess symbols in Unicode">symbols in Unicode</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fianchetto" title="Fianchetto">Fianchetto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambit" title="Gambit">Gambit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_square" title="Key square">Key square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_walk" title="King walk">King walk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_file" title="Open file">Open file</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Half-open_file" title="Half-open file">Half-open file</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outpost_(chess)" title="Outpost (chess)">Outpost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawn_(chess)" title="Pawn (chess)">Pawns</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backward_pawn" title="Backward pawn">backward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connected_pawns" title="Connected pawns">connected</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doubled_pawns" title="Doubled pawns">doubled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isolated_pawn" title="Isolated pawn">isolated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passed_pawn" title="Passed pawn">passed</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swindle_(chess)" title="Swindle (chess)">Swindle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tempo_(chess)" title="Tempo (chess)">Tempo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transposition_(chess)" title="Transposition (chess)">Transposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_traps" title="List of chess traps">Trap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chess_tactic" title="Chess tactic">Tactics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Castling#Artificial_castling" title="Castling">Artificial castling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battery_(chess)" title="Battery (chess)">Battery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alekhine%27s_gun" title="Alekhine's gun">Alekhine's gun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_(chess)" title="Block (chess)">Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Checkmate_pattern" title="Checkmate pattern">Checkmate patterns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combination_(chess)" title="Combination (chess)">Combination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decoy_(chess)" title="Decoy (chess)">Decoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deflection_(chess)" title="Deflection (chess)">Deflection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desperado_(chess)" title="Desperado (chess)">Desperado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discovered_attack" title="Discovered attack">Discovered attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_check" title="Double check">Double check</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fork_(chess)" title="Fork (chess)">Fork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interference_(chess)" title="Interference (chess)">Interference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overloading_(chess)" title="Overloading (chess)">Overloading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawn_storm" title="Pawn storm">Pawn storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pin_(chess)" title="Pin (chess)">Pin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_(chess)" title="Sacrifice (chess)">Sacrifice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_sacrifice" title="Queen sacrifice">Queen sacrifice</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skewer_(chess)" title="Skewer (chess)">Skewer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Undermining_(chess)" title="Undermining (chess)">Undermining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windmill_(chess)" title="Windmill (chess)">Windmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-ray_(chess)" title="X-ray (chess)">X-ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zwischenzug" title="Zwischenzug">Zwischenzug</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chess_strategy" title="Chess strategy">Strategy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Compensation_(chess)" title="Compensation (chess)">Compensation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exchange_(chess)" title="Exchange (chess)">Exchange</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_exchange_(chess)" title="The exchange (chess)">the exchange</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initiative_(chess)" title="Initiative (chess)">Initiative</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First-move_advantage_in_chess" title="First-move advantage in chess">first-move advantage</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_middlegame" title="Chess middlegame">Middlegame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawn_structure" title="Pawn structure">Pawn structure</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hedgehog_(chess)" title="Hedgehog (chess)">Hedgehog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isolated_pawn" title="Isolated pawn">Isolated Queen's Pawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%B3czy_Bind" title="Maróczy Bind">Maróczy Bind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minority_attack" title="Minority attack">Minority attack</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_piece_relative_value" title="Chess piece relative value">Piece values</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophylaxis_(chess)" title="Prophylaxis (chess)">Prophylaxis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_of_chess" title="School of chess">School of chess</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chess_opening" title="Chess opening">Openings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Flank_opening" title="Flank opening">Flank opening</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Fianchetto_Opening" title="King's Fianchetto Opening">Benko Opening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bird%27s_Opening" title="Bird's Opening">Bird's Opening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunst_Opening" title="Dunst Opening">Dunst Opening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Opening" title="English Opening">English Opening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grob%27s_Attack" title="Grob's Attack">Grob's Attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larsen%27s_Opening" class="mw-redirect" title="Larsen's Opening">Larsen's Opening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zukertort_Opening" title="Zukertort Opening">Zukertort Opening</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Indian_Attack" title="King's Indian Attack">King's Indian Attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9ti_Opening" title="Réti Opening">Réti Opening</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Pawn_Game" title="King's Pawn Game">King's Pawn Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alekhine%27s_Defence" title="Alekhine's Defence">Alekhine's Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caro%E2%80%93Kann_Defence" title="Caro–Kann Defence">Caro–Kann Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Defence" title="French Defence">French Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Defense" title="Modern Defense">Modern Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimzowitsch_Defence" title="Nimzowitsch Defence">Nimzowitsch Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Game" title="Open Game">Open Game</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Four_Knights_Game" title="Four Knights Game">Four Knights Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuoco_Piano" title="Giuoco Piano">Giuoco Piano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Game" title="Italian Game">Italian Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Gambit" title="King's Gambit">King's Gambit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrov%27s_Defence" title="Petrov's Defence">Petrov's Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philidor_Defence" title="Philidor Defence">Philidor Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponziani_Opening" title="Ponziani Opening">Ponziani Opening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruy_Lopez" title="Ruy Lopez">Ruy Lopez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semi-Italian_Opening" title="Semi-Italian Opening">Semi-Italian Opening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotch_Game" title="Scotch Game">Scotch Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Knights_Defense" title="Two Knights Defense">Two Knights Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vienna_Game" title="Vienna Game">Vienna Game</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen%27s_Defence" title="Owen's Defence">Owen's Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirc_Defence" title="Pirc Defence">Pirc Defence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pirc_Defence,_Austrian_Attack" title="Pirc Defence, Austrian Attack">Austrian Attack</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Defense" title="Scandinavian Defense">Scandinavian Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sicilian_Defence" title="Sicilian Defence">Sicilian Defence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Alapin_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation">Alapin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation">Dragon</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Accelerated_Dragon" title="Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon">Accelerated Dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Najdorf_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation">Najdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Scheveningen_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation">Scheveningen</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Pawn_Game" title="Queen's Pawn Game">Queen's Pawn Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Budapest_Gambit" title="Budapest Gambit">Budapest Gambit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colle_System" title="Colle System">Colle System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Defence" title="Dutch Defence">Dutch Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Defence" title="English Defence">English Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Defence" title="Indian Defence">Indian Defence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benoni_Defense" title="Benoni Defense">Benoni Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Benoni" title="Modern Benoni">Modern Benoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogo-Indian_Defence" title="Bogo-Indian Defence">Bogo-Indian Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catalan_Opening" title="Catalan Opening">Catalan Opening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnfeld_Defence" title="Grünfeld Defence">Grünfeld Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Indian_Defence" title="King's Indian Defence">King's Indian Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimzo-Indian_Defence" title="Nimzo-Indian Defence">Nimzo-Indian Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Indian_Defense" title="Old Indian Defense">Old Indian Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Indian_Defense" title="Queen's Indian Defense">Queen's Indian Defence</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_System" title="London System">London System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richter%E2%80%93Veresov_Attack" title="Richter–Veresov Attack">Richter–Veresov Attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit" title="Queen's Gambit">Queen's Gambit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit_Accepted" title="Queen's Gambit Accepted">Accepted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit_Declined" title="Queen's Gambit Declined">Declined</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slav_Defense" title="Slav Defense">Slav Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semi-Slav_Defense" title="Semi-Slav Defense">Semi-Slav Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chigorin_Defense" title="Chigorin Defense">Chigorin Defense</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torre_Attack" title="Torre Attack">Torre Attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trompowsky_Attack" title="Trompowsky Attack">Trompowsky Attack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_openings" title="List of chess openings">List of openings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chess_opening_theory_table" title="Chess opening theory table">theory table</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_gambits" title="List of chess gambits">List of chess gambits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irregular_chess_opening" title="Irregular chess opening">Irregular</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bongcloud_Attack" title="Bongcloud Attack">Bongcloud Attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fool%27s_mate" title="Fool's mate">Fool's mate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scholar%27s_mate" title="Scholar's mate">Scholar's mate</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chess_endgame" title="Chess endgame">Endgames</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_and_knight_checkmate" title="Bishop and knight checkmate">Bishop and knight checkmate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_and_pawn_versus_king_endgame" title="King and pawn versus king endgame">King and pawn vs king</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opposite-colored_bishops_endgame" title="Opposite-colored bishops endgame">Opposite-coloured bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawnless_chess_endgame" title="Pawnless chess endgame">Pawnless endgame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_and_pawn_versus_queen_endgame" title="Queen and pawn versus queen endgame">Queen and pawn vs queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_versus_pawn_endgame" title="Queen versus pawn endgame">Queen vs pawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_versus_rook_endgame" title="Queen versus rook endgame">Queen vs rook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rook_and_bishop_versus_rook_endgame" title="Rook and bishop versus rook endgame">Rook and bishop vs rook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rook_and_pawn_versus_rook_endgame" title="Rook and pawn versus rook endgame">Rook and pawn vs rook</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucena_position" title="Lucena position">Lucena position</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philidor_position" title="Philidor position">Philidor position</a></li></ul></li> <li>Strategy <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fortress_(chess)" title="Fortress (chess)">fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opposition_(chess)" title="Opposition (chess)">opposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarrasch_rule" title="Tarrasch rule">Tarrasch rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triangulation_(chess)" title="Triangulation (chess)">triangulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zugzwang" title="Zugzwang">Zugzwang</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endgame_study" title="Endgame study">Study</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endgame_tablebase" title="Endgame tablebase">Tablebase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_knights_endgame" title="Two knights endgame">Two knights endgame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrong_bishop" title="Wrong bishop">Wrong bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrong_rook_pawn" title="Wrong rook pawn">Wrong rook pawn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chess_tournament" title="Chess tournament">Tournaments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_strong_chess_tournaments" title="List of strong chess tournaments">List of strong chess tournaments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_Olympiad" title="Chess Olympiad">Chess Olympiad</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Chess_Olympiad" title="Women's Chess Olympiad">Women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">World Chess Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Chess_Championships" title="List of World Chess Championships">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candidates_Tournament" title="Candidates Tournament">Candidates Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_World_Cup" title="Chess World Cup">Chess World Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIDE_Grand_Prix" title="FIDE Grand Prix">FIDE Grand Prix</a></li></ul></li> <li>Other world championships <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Chess_Championship" title="Women's World Chess Championship">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Team_Chess_Championship" title="World Team Chess Championship">Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rapid_Chess_Championship" title="World Rapid Chess Championship">Rapid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Blitz_Chess_Championship" title="World Blitz Chess Championship">Blitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Junior_Chess_Championship" title="World Junior Chess Championship">Junior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Youth_Chess_Championship" title="World Youth Chess Championship">Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Senior_Chess_Championship" title="World Senior Chess Championship">Senior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Amateur_Chess_Championship" title="World Amateur Chess Championship">Amateur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Championship_of_Chess_Composition" title="World Championship of Chess Composition">Chess composition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Solving_Championship" title="World Chess Solving Championship">Solving</a></li></ul></li> <li>Computer chess championships <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chess.com_Computer_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Chess.com Computer Chess Championship">CCC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Open_Computer_Chess_Championship" title="Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship">CSVN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Computer_Chess_Championship" title="North American Computer Chess Championship">North American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Chess_Engine_Championship" title="Top Chess Engine Championship">TCEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Computer_Chess_Championship" title="World Computer Chess Championship">WCCC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Computer_Speed_Chess_Championship" title="World Computer Speed Chess Championship">WCSCC</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art and media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C3%AFssa" title="Caïssa">Caïssa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_aesthetics" title="Chess aesthetics">Chess aesthetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_in_the_arts" title="Chess in the arts">Chess in the arts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chess_in_early_literature" title="Chess in early literature">early literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Films_about_chess" title="Category:Films about chess">film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Novels_about_chess" title="Category:Novels about chess">novels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Chess_paintings" title="Category:Chess paintings">paintings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Poems_about_chess" title="Category:Poems about chess">poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_stories_about_chess" title="Category:Short stories about chess">short stories</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_books" title="List of chess books">Chess books</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chess_opening_book" title="Chess opening book">opening books</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">endgame literature</a></li> <li><a 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