Practical chess endings by keres is the single best onevolume book on the endgame. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is particularly appropriate for players in the 16002000 strength range. Cookie policy this website uses cookies to ensure proper functionality of the shopping cart and checkout progress. Most brilliant moves of all time averbakh vs kotov old indian defense a55 duration.
A thickset man with shaved head, always impeccably and tastefully dressed, zubarev was the head. Sell comprehensive chess endings, by averbakh, volume 5 isbn 9780080320489 ship for free. He knew botvinnik very well and was his sparring partner before many competitions, including world championship matches. He was the president of the soviet chess federation, editor of major chess periodicals and author of major endgame books. Stiller, lewis 1996, multilinear algebra and chess endgames pdf. In chess and chesslike games, the endgame or end game or ending is the stage of the game when few pieces are left on the board the line between middlegame and endgame is often not clear, and may occur gradually or with the quick exchange of a few pairs of pieces. Chess endings essential knowledge averbakh chess house. Chess games, play style, ranking, tournament history and community comments. We received an email from somebody trying to be helpful, which read. The 85year old averbakhs credentials are many within the world of chess. Comprehensive chess endings, by averbakh, volume 5 bookbyte. Averbakh s chess tactics for advanced players sorry if this has already been addresseddid a quick search of the sub and didnt find anything. Master games 555 opening 369 sicilian defence 152 endgame 150 tactics 2 world chess championship 106 anand.
Chess openings encyclopedia of chess openings c87 ruy. I have a book question, but a bit of background about me first. That is averbakh chess endings bishop against knight, rook against minor pieces isbn 4871875024. Bishop endings, knight endings by averbakh and chekhover, 1983, pergamon, isbn 4871875032. Now customize the name of a clipboard to store your clips. Chess tools chess diagram generator chess endgame simulator chess opening database.
There are many books on endgames, see chess endgame literature for a large list and the history. Averbakh offered a draw after 23rd7 apparently underestimating the superiority of the white bishop as black is weaker on the dark squares than white is on the light squares. Bishop endingsknight endings, yuri averbakh and vitaly chekhover. He was chairman of the ussr chess federation from 1973 to 1978. Buy comprehensive chess endings volume 4 pawn endings by averbakh, yuri, maizalis, ilya, zinar, mikhail, sloan, sam, neat, kenneth p isbn.
The 1941 edition by fine was the first of the modern endgame books in english. Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. Cadogan chess series other classic biographical and autobiographical titles availablefrom cadogan include. As of 2020, he is the oldest living chess grandmaster. Author averbakh, a russian grandmaster and endgame expert, takes the reader. Shirovs best games timmans selected games alexei shirov studies and games jan timman. Born in 1922 of russianjewish extraction, averbakh became a topten player in the world, achieving positive scores against the likes of petrosian and polugaevsky. Essential knowledge by averbakh is particularly useful for 12001600 rated players. A thickset man with shaved head, always impeccably and. These english versions are direct translation from the russian except that the order of the volumes has been changed. This book offers clear, thorough coverage of the most important, frequently encountered endgame situations. The tournament players guide download book the survival guide to rook endings 2007 the first chapter deals with the essential theory of basic rook endings, including rook vs pawns and rook and pawns vs rook. His fundamental multivolume work chess endings and the popular.
Averbakh chess endings can be used as a training manual for the enactment of chess endings, as well as a reference in the analysis of the deferred parties. Comprehensive chess endings, volume 5, rook endings isbn 4871875075 an earlier series of the same books had a different order. The endgame, however, tends to have different characteristics from the middlegame, and the players have correspondingly. Averbakh has just covered the bare minimum one must know about final phase of the game.
Essential knowledge as a first endgame book, this one is excellent. Aug 27, 2014 yuri averbakh is currently the oldest living grandmaster hes 92 years old. I have heard of the massive tome on endgame by yuri averbakh. Nov 24, 2012 that is averbakh chess endings bishop against knight, rook against minor pieces isbn 4871875024. Comprehensive chess endings volume 1 bishop endings knight. By concentrating on the basic principles the average player is not only given a working knowledge of the endgame but also a firm foundation on which to further develop his or her interest and technique in this fascinating stage of a chess game. Comprehensive yuri l averbakh chess games collection, opening repertoire, tournament history, pgn download, biography and news biggest chess games database online. Encyclopaedia of chess endings by chess informant volume ii rook endings part i model 5026 new book. Averbakh, yuri l fide chess profile players arbiters trainers.
Yuri averbakhs most popular book is basic chess endings. His previous books for cadogan include chess endings. Comprehensive chess endings by yuri averbakh alibris. Chesspub forum comparision of comprehensive endgame books. Chess openings encyclopedia of chess openings c87 ruy lopez, closed, averbakh variation all eco codes \ c87. Chess openings encyclopedia of chess openings c87 ruy lopez, closed, averbakh variation. Yuri averbakh, a history of chess from chaturanga to the present day. The legendary russian chess grandmaster yuri averbakh, made an appearance at the marshall chess club and spoke about the history of chess, some favorite endgame combinations and his impressions of the general chess scene.
Buy comprehensive chess endings by yuri averbakh online at alibris. Funny, but my clubmate, who is also a gm, didnt know that the position on the page 53 diagram 78 in the algebraic edition of the book is actually a simple draw. Yuri averbakh has 31 books on goodreads with 805 ratings. Master games 555 opening 369 sicilian defence 152 endgame 150 tactics 2 world chess championship 106 anand, viswanathan 89 traps 87 carlsen, magnus 82 ruy lopez 78 beginner 77 queens gambit 74 fischer, bobby 73 advanced 66 kasparov, garry 63 fundamentals 56 french defence 55 kings pawn e4 46 middlegame 41 pawn 40 strategy 40 rook 40 king. Here are some of his memories about oldtime soviet players. Chess the royal game is an ancient board game, perhaps fifteen hundred years old. By that time averbakh was already known as a leading theoretician in the endgame. Basic chess endings, by reuben fine and pal benko, 1941, 2003, mckay. Books by yuri averbakh author of chess endings goodreads. Comprehensive chess endings volume 4 pawn endings by yuri. If 25bc8 then white can play 26 e4 followed either by a rook lift or a bishop redeployment to g5 via c1.
Yuri averbakh has 31 books on goodreads with 811 ratings. The arbiter of this tournament is the 89 years old grandmaster, author of fundamental works about endgame theory, chess historian yuri averbakh. There is easily value to be found running through many of the. Its not chattythe author after all was a leading establishment soviet chess figure during the stolid glory years of soviet chessbut it covers the basics well, in approved soviet chess school fashion. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or. We cant do much with such sparse information but if somebody can figure what they are talking about, they may have a legitimate point. Encyclopaedia of chess endings volume ii rook endings 1 title. Yuri averbakh was one of the leading soviet grandmasters for two decades, competing in the ussr championship 15 times between 1949 and 1969. He investigates minor piece endings to illustrate the capabilities of the bishop and knight and their limitations, which is very important for every phase of the royal game. Averbakh, yuri l fide chess profile players arbiters. From chaturanga to the present day yuri averbakh chess. We will try to reprint the other volumes if we can ever find them, as they are difficult to obtain. The united states chess federation averbakh speaks at. The tournament players guide kindle edition by james howell.
Averbakhs chess tactics for advanced players sorry if this has already been addresseddid a quick search of the sub and didnt find anything. Clipping is a handy way to collect important slides you want to go back to later. Search the chess games database, download games, view frequent practitioners and browse the opening explorer. Fundamental chess endings by muller and lamprecht is a close rival to keres. Chess endings by yuri averbakh provides adequate instruction yet falls short of providing any significant guiding principles to apply to your end game strategy averbakh covers all the varying end games piece by piece, from kingpawn endings to complicated rook and queen endings. Yuri averbakh has left his mark on almost all spheres of our beloved game. Chess endgame literature refers to books and magazines about chess endgames. Comprehensive chess endings, volume 1, bishop endings, knight endings pergamon russian chess series by yuri averbakh. We cant do much with such sparse information but if somebody can figure what they. These are the kind of methods players need to memorize, to use them to calculate more complicated endgames. Comprehensive chess endings, volume 3, queen and pawn endings queen against rook endings queen against minor piece endings isbn 4871875059 comprehensive chess endings, volume 4, pawn endings isbn 4871875067 comprehensive chess endings, volume 5, rook endings isbn 4871875075 an earlier series of the same books had a different order.
Fide world chess federation, online ratings, individual calculations. The common knowledge section now includes a series field. We will try to reprint the other volumes if we can ever find. Essential knowledge, by yuri averbakh, 1966, 1993, everyman chess, isbn 1857440226. The united states chess federation averbakh speaks at the. In just a few pages, the author renowned soviet gm and endgame expert yuri averbakh makes very clear the winning methods for simple endgame positions. He uses pawn endings to train the calculation of long variations and visualization. He finished in an extremely respectable 10th place in the famous zurich candidates tournament of 1953.