Basic Endgame Strategy
Kings, Pawns, Minor Pieces
Published on 1. March 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-0-940685-81-9 (ISBN)
Description
With this essential guide, players learn the principles of preparing for the winning endgame: how to utilize the king as a weapon and trap the opponent's king, how to create passed pawns, how to clear the way for advancing pawns, how to defend against opponent pawn majorities, and how to recognize and utilize the typical tactical combinations that appear in endgames.
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Series
Edition
Original ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Brooklyn, NY
United States
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-940685-81-9 (9780940685819)
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Bill Robertie is the author of 15 books on chess and backgammon. He is the world’s best backgammon player and the only two-time Monte Carlo World Championship. He was the former editor and co-publisher of Inside Backgammon, the game’s foremost backgammon magazine. He is also a chess master, winner of the U.S. Speed Chess Championship, and a best-selling author of some of the best beginning chess books ever written