Book on Chess Endings?

Hi everyone,

I am rated around 1500 and I am looking for a good book on endings. Any recommendations? Perhaps Winning Chess Endings is good by Yasser Seirawan?

Thank you.

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Originally posted by Wulebgr
The publisher's list price for both books is $29.95, but Dvoretsky's book also is available as a CD (perhaps that's the price you're looking at).

I have Dvoretsky, Muller and Lamprecht, and Fine. I gave away my copy of Pandolfini. Pandolfini covers beginners basics that Dvoretsky passes over:

Pandolfini # 28 White to move and draw



Fine's book is still excellent instruction, although it contains errors. No chess bibliophile would long remain without it. For chess training, however, Pandolfini's book is essential for mastering the basic mates--check and stale. For serious training beyond the basics. I recommend Dvoretsky's book as the training regimen, and Muller and Lamprecht's as a reference supplement. Why choose one or the other? Get both.

If you can afford only one book, perhaps Just the Facts by Lev Alburt should be among your choices. (So, we've come full circle--read the first post in this thread.)

Endgame Course by Bruce Pand.

1 lesson per page with a nice big diagram for each lesson. Very well done. Winning Chess Endings is also good but as a first endgame book i would recommend Bruce Pand. one.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
From Thread 35955


Originally posted by Wulebgr
[b]The publisher's list price for both books is $29.95, but Dvoretsky's book also is available as a CD (perhaps that's the price you're looking at).

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