Iñaki del Olmo
Endgame Books for Tournament Players
My tournament opponent asked for recommendations, so enjoy this list.I can't remember everything I read, so enjoy this filtered dump from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_endgame_literature :
- Winning Chess Endings, by Yasser Seirawan, 2003, Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-348-9
- Just the Facts!: Winning Endgame Knowledge in One Volume, Lev Alburt and Nikolai Krogius, 2000, Newmarket Press. ISBN 1-889323-15-2
- Pandolfini's Endgame Course, by Bruce Pandolfini, 1988, Fireside, ISBN 0-671-65688-0
- A Guide to Chess Endings, by Dr. Max Euwe and David Hooper, 1959, 1976, Dover. ISBN 0-486-23332-4
- Practical Chess Endings, by Irving Chernev, 1961, Dover. ISBN 0-486-22208-X
- Basic Chess Endings, by Reuben Fine and Pal Benko, 1941, 2003, McKay. ISBN 0-8129-3493-8
- Fundamental Chess Endings, by Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht, 2001, Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-901983-53-6
- Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner To Master, Jeremy Silman, 2007, Siles Press, ISBN 1-890085-10-3
- Benko, Pal (2007), Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory, Ishi Press, ISBN 978-0-923891-88-6 (actually, I read his Chess Life column)
- Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Šahovski informator (Chess Informant), edited by Aleksandar Matanović
What might I read in the future?
- Fundamental Chess Endings, by Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht, 2001, Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-901983-53-6
- Nunn's Chess Endings, by John Nunn, 2010, two volumes
- Comprehensive Chess Endings, by Yuri Averbakh, et al., 1983
- Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, second edition, by Mark Dvoretsky, 2006, Russel Enterprises. ISBN 1-888690-28-3
- Batsford Chess Endings, by Jon Speelman, Jon Tisdall, and Bob Wade, 1993, Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-4420-7
- The Russian Endgame Handbook, by Ilya Rabinovich. 2012 English translation of the 1938 Russian book. ISBN 978-1-936277-41-4
- Károlyi, Tibor; Aplin, Nick (2007), Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov, New In Chess, ISBN 978-90-5691-202-4
- Flear, Glenn (2007), Practical Endgame Play - beyond the basics: the definitive guide to the endgames that really matter, Everyman Chess, ISBN 978-1-85744-555-8
- the entirety of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_endgame_literature#Miscellaneous_endgame_books ,
minus de la Villa
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