(Ebook) Dvoretsky s Endgame Manual Fourth Edition by Mark Dvoretsky ISBN 9781941270127 1941270123

(Ebook) Dvoretsky s Endgame Manual Fourth Edition by Mark Dvoretsky ISBN 9781941270127 1941270123

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ISBN 10:   1941270123

ISBN 13: 9781941270127

Author: Mark Dvoretsky 

The Fourth Edition of a Modern Classic

When you are serious about improving your endgame skills, it is time for Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual. Perhaps the best known and most respected instructor of world class chessplayers, Mark Dvoretsky has produced a comprehensive work on the endgame that will reward players of all strengths. For those ready to immerse themselves in endgame theory, there may be no better manual available today.

But, even if you do not play at master level, the book has been designed to help your endgame too. Basic theories and "must-know" concepts are highlighted in blue. You may skip the more complex analysis, focus on the text in blue, and still improve your endgame technique.

When it appeared in 2003, the first edition of Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual was immediately recognized by novice and master alike as one of the best books ever published on the endgame. The enlarged and revised Fourth Edition is better than ever!

"I am sure that those who study this work carefully will not only play the endgame better, but overall, their play will improve. One of the secrets of the Russian chess school is now before you, dear reader!" - From the Foreword to the First Edition by Grandmaster Artur Yusupov

"Going through this book will certainly improve your endgame knowledge, but just as important, it will also greatly improve your ability to calculate variations... What really impresses me is the deep level of analysis in the book... All I can say is: This is a great book. I hope it will bring you as much pleasure as it has me." - From the Preface to the First Edition by International Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard

Here's what they had to say about the First Edition:

"Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual ... may well be the chess book of the year... [It] comes close to an ultimate one-volume manual on the endgame." - Lubomir Kavalek in his chess column of December 1, 2003 in the Washington Post.

"Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual is quite simply a masterpiece of research and insight. It is a tremendous contribution to endgame literature, certainly the most important one in many years, and destined to be a classic of the literature (if it isn't already one). The famous trainer Mark Dvoretsky has put together a vast number of examples that he has not only collected, but analysed and tested with some of the world's strongest players. This is a particularly important book from the standpoint of clarifying, correcting, and extending the theory

Table of contents: 

Chapter 1 Pawn Endgames

Key Squares

Corresponding Squares

Opposition

Mined Squares

Triangulation

Other Cases of Correspondence

King vs. Passed Pawns

The Rule of the Square

Réti's Idea

The Floating Square

Three Connected Pawns

Queen vs. Pawns

Knight or Center Pawn

Rook or Bishop's Pawn

Pawn Races

The Active King

zugzwang

Widening the Beachhead

The King Routes

Zigzag

The Pendulum

Shouldering

Breakthrough

The Outside Passed Pawn

Two Rook's Pawns with an Extra Pawn on the Opposite Wing

The Protected Passed Pawn

Two Pawns to One

Multi-Pawn Endgames

Undermining

Two Connected Passed Pawns

Stalemate

The Stalemate Refuge

"Semi-Stalemate"

Reserve Times

Exploiting Reserve Tempi

Steinitz's Rule

The g- and h-Pawns vs. the h-Pawn

The f- and h-Pawns vs. the h-Pawn

Both Sides have Reserve Tempi

Chapter 2 Knights versus Pawns

King in the Corner

Mate

Drawn Positions

Knight vs. Rook's Pawn

The Knight Defends the Pawn

Chapter 3 Knight Endgames

The Deflecting Knight Sacrifice

Botvinnik's Formula

Pawns on the Same Side

Chapter 4 Bishop versus Pawns

The Elementary Fortresses

Bishop and Rook's Pawn

Pawns at h6 and h7

Pawns at g6 and g7

Bishop at h7 and Pawn at g6

Bishop vs. Disconnected Pawns

Bishop vs. Connected Pawns

Chapter 5 Opposite-color Bishops

The Most Important Rules

Bishop and Two Connected Pawns vs. Bishop

Separated Passed Pawns

The King Blockades the Passed Pawn

The Bishop Restrains the Passed Pawn

Chapter 6 Bishops of the Same Color

Minimal Material

Bishop and Pawn vs. Bishop

Transposition to Positions with One Pawn

Interference

The Bad Bishop

Fixing Pawns

zugzwang

Pawns Which Do Not "Play by the Rules"

Barrier

Chapter 7 Bishop versus Knight

Bishop and Pawn vs. Knight

Knight and Pawn vs. Bishop

The Bishop is Superior to the Knight

Cutting the Knight Off

Fixing the Pawns

The Passed Pawn

An Open Position, A More Active King

Defensive Methods with a Knight against a Bishop

The Knight is Superior to the Bishop

Domination and Knight Forks

Fixing the Pawns

Closed Position, Bad Bishop

Chapter 8 Rook versus Pawns

Rook vs. Pawn

"Moving Downstairs"

Cutting the King Off

Pawn Promotion to a Knight

Stalemate

An Intermediate Check for a Gain of Tempo

Shouldering

Outflanking

Rook vs. Connected Pawns

Rook vs. Separated Pawns

Chapter 9 Rook Endgames

Rook and Pawn vs. Rook

The Pawn on the Seventh Rank

The Pawn on the Sixth Rank

The Pawn on the Fifth Rank

The Umbrella

The Pawn Has Not Crossed the Mid-line

A Rook and a Rook's Pawn vs. a Rook

The King is in Front of Its Own Pawn

The Rook is in Front of the Pawn and the Pawn Is on the Seventh Rank

The Rook is in Front of the Pawn and the Pawn Is on the Sixth Rank

a- and h-Pawns

A Rook and Two Pawns vs. a Rook

Doubled Pawns

Connected Pawns

f- and h-Pawns

Other Pairs of Disconnected Pawns

A Far Advanced Passed Pawn

Transition to a Rook vs. Pawns Endgame

Lasker's Idea

A Rook and Two Pawns vs. a Rook and Pawn

All Pawns are on the Same Wing

Pawns on Opposite Wings

Disconnected Pawns, One of them is Passed

Four Pawns vs. Three on the Same Wing

Balance on One Wing and an Extra Pawn on Another

The Rook Behind its Own Pawn

The Rook in Front of the Pawn, with the Pawn on the Seventh Rank

The Rook in Front of the Pawn, with the Pawn on the Sixth Rank

A Knight's Pawn

The Rook at the Side of the Pawn

Common Observations about Endgames with Many Pawns

The Rook's Activity

The King's Activity

King on the Edge

Cutting the King Off

Akiba Rubinstein's Masterpiece

Chapter 10 Rook versus Knight

The Lone Knight

Rook and Pawn vs. Knight and Pawn

Multi-Pawn Endgames

Pawns on One Side of the Board

Pawns on Both Sides

When the Knight is Stronger than the Rook

Chapter 11 Rook versus Bishop

The Lone Bishop

The Dangerous Corner

The Safe Corner

A Bishop's Pawn

Rook and Pawn vs. Bishop and Pawn

The Pawns are on the Same File or on Adjacent Files

Rook Pawns

Two Pawns vs. Two on the Same Wing

Three Pawns vs. Three on the Same Wing

Chapter 12 Queen Endgames

Queen and Pawn vs. Queen

Winning Tactical Tricks

Defensive Tactics

Pawns on the Same Wing

A Passed Pawn

An Active Queen

Chapter 13 Queen versus Rook

A Solitary Rook

Queen vs. Rook and Pawn

The Rook behind the Pawn

The Pawn on the Seventh Rank

The Pawn on the Sixth Rank

A Knight Pawn on the Fifth or Sixth Rank

Queen and Pawn vs. Rook and Pawn

Passed Pawns

Pawns on Adjacent Files

A Fortress with Multiple Pawns

Chapter 14 Other Material Relations

Two Extra Pieces

Checkmating with Bishop and Knight

Checkmating with Two Knights

Rook and Knight vs. Rook

Rook and Bishop vs. Rook

Without Pawns

With Pawns

An Extra Bishop or Knight with Queens or Minor Pieces

Rook vs. Two Minor Pieces

Queen vs. Various Pieces

Queen vs. Two Rooks

Chapter 15 General Endgame Ideas

King's Activity

Pawn Power

zugzwang

Fortresses

A Fortified Camp

A Pawn Barrier

An Imprisoned King

An Imprisoned Piece

Binding

Stalemate

Checkmate

Domination

Chapter 16 Solutions

Bibliography

Indexes

Index of Players

Index of Composers and Analysts

Index of Strategic and Tactical Techniques

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