Practical Chess Endgames - 2nd hand

The endgame is the phase of chess which is least appreciated by most players and yet, as this book demonstrates, to understand the endgame is to understand something about the strategy of chess. David Hooper shows with the aid of examples from practical play how the different pieces and pawns should be handled, laying particular stress on the role of the King. The book explains the endgame in a simple way, making it clear to the reader the essential part it plays in chess.

There are a number of chess handbooks currently available which, published many years ago, still find favour by their usefulness in explaining basic principles. They do not, however, discuss modern methods and procedures of play which are of the first importance in understanding today’s chess problems. Routledge Chess Handbooks is a completely new and up-to-date series, written by leading chess players, which will concentrate on these modern methods. The series is designed to enable the reader to advance from the absolute beginner stage to the competitive levels of club, county and congress play and to give him an all-round knowledge of the game.

• Casa editrice Routledge & Kegan Paul
• Code RK5226us
• Anno 1968
• Pagine 143
• Isbn 7100 5226 X