The ABC of Chess Endgames

The ABC of Chess Endgames

Realizing the necessity of making yourself familiar with chess endings, you will soon be confronted with a problem: where to start and where to finish? There is an abundance of material in reference books like those by Cheron or Averbakh, but real basic endings are hard to find among the many exceptional positions. But who tells you what is must-know information and what is special knowledge mostly for professionals? The answer is: the "ABC of Chess Endgames".

With a total number of 176 treated endgames, the material on the CD is definitely user friendly. In addition, 29 examples considered indispensable are pointed out for special study. Whether "Lucena-positions", or practical hints for the surprisingly frequent endgame "Rook + Bishop vs. Rook", all these standard examples are including in the small survey.

And for those wishing to deepen their knowledge even more, there are database texts introducing the respective type of chess endgames with links to immediately call up the relevant examples.

Installs in English and German, and does NOT require any additional software. This product comes with the ChessBase Reader program.