CHESS ENDINGS MADE SIMPLE (Ian Snape)
144 pages (210 mm
by 145 mm).
£12.99/$19.95/€20,35
Most chess-players are all too painfully aware of how many
half-points and even full points they squander due to poor endgame play.
However, they tend to imagine that improving their endgame play involves a
massive amount of study of dry technical positions, and prefer to spend their
time on other aspects of the game, perhaps in the unrealistic hope of avoiding
endgames entirely. In this book, Ian Snape helps them to tackle endgames
with more confidence, so that they look forward to playing them, and are more
willing to simplify when this is the best course of action. The first half of
the book discusses the areas of endgame theory that are most relevant to
practical success. The second half features 100 exercises for the reader to
solve, together with full solutions. All the exercises are taken from real
games.
Ian Snape enjoyed considerable success in junior
chess before concentrating on a career in banking, but has returned to the game
in the last decade. In correspondence chess he has qualified as an ICCF
International Master and registered a grandmaster norm. Over the board, he has
played in the British Championship on three occasions and competes regularly in
league chess and other events.
Download a pdf file with a
sample from the book.
"There is some good, commonsense advice about how to
approach various endgame set-ups, both as attacker and defender" - John
Saunders, BCM
"Great news - the most useful chess book of the year (at
least for most players below 2300) has just arrived" -
Chesscountry.com
"This would be a good book for a teacher to use in a first
course on endgames, depending upon whether he or she prefers Snape's style over
other books aimed at this level." - John Watson, TWIC
"This is a useful little book." - John Pugh, Chess
Post
"On a general note, all of the examples used in the book are
taken from contemporary play. Snape included several positions from his own
games which I liked as they were on point, well played, and allow the reader to
learn more about Snape the chessplayer (besides, it's his book). I believe this
book is suitable for players of all standards as it can be used either to learn
the basics or to reinforce knowledge a reader already has (or a bit of both).
In sum, Chess Endings Made Simple was a pleasure to read and I strongly
recommend purchasing it." - Ted McHugh, ChessCafe.com
"Gambit Books must have written the book for readers who
don't have too much time to learn how to play chess and just want to learn the
most important things. I really recommend this book to readers like that." -
Helmut Conrady, Rochade
"The book gives the reader enough basics for the chess
endings." - Jerzy Konikowski, Fernschach International
"An interesting book. Chess Endings Made Simple is
recommended not only for newcomers to the world of chess endings; average
players will also benefit from it." - Schachmarkt
"...an astonishing wealth of useful material of practical
importance to amateur players" - Dr. W. Schweizer, Rochade |
