Basic Chess Endings - Couverture souple

Reuben Fine; Pal Benko

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0812934938 ISBN 13 : 9780812934939

Editeur : Random House USA, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Reuben Fine Pal Benko

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Basic Chess Endings, written by International Grandmaster Reuben Fine, is the most authoritative reference on the endgame. Serious students of the game find the work unmatched in its depth and range. Now, Grandmaster Pal Benko has revised this classic with the latest innovations in the endgame and adapted the book to algebraic notation. The result is what chess aficionados have been eagerly waiting for--a thoroughly modern bible on basic chess endings.

A handy guide for the practical player, Basic Chess Endings focuses on the aspects of the ending that occur most frequently in the course of play. With clear language, it reinforces knowledge of the standard position and tried-and-tested rules. Hundreds of diagrams make examples easy to follow. An indispensable reference for every chess player.

Revue de presse

"This is the definitive work on the endgame, which all serious students of the game have been waiting for. It is a prodigious feat of chess scholarship, presented to the reader in clear, pithy language, full of telling phrases that will linger in the memory and rise to aid the harassed competitor just when he needs it most.... The authoritative reference work on the subject.... Reuben Fine's book is indispensable."

-- The New York Times

"Grandmaster Fine has done a brilliant piece of work. There is no doubt that it will receive the recognition of the entire chess world."

-- M. M. Botvinnik

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Random House USA
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0812934938
• ISBN 13: 9780812934939
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 592