Endgame strategy

@Monaxia_Kali_MouFili

A lazy pirate not even able to look out for his prey? Be ashamed three times, first for laziness and second for piracy and third for the "performance" to make this public.

To learn the basics (not the fundamental mates) i can recommend "Chess Endgame Training" by Bernd Rosen. It mainly consists of diagrams to solve, plus some explanations at the start of the chapters and in the solutions. Short and good.

I also loved the book "Rook Endings" by Levenfish and Smyslov. I admit i never worked through it completely, but what i read teached me a lot. Today i am a very confident rook endgame player.

Yeah, a good endgame could be Dvoretzky's Endgame, right?

@tictactactic are eric and bernd rosen related?

@Ihavenothing i guess not, Bernd is a german FM

@Neustart
I am not lazy, I respect author's rights and cant find this book for free.
" Be ashamed three times"
Remember about The cross or about the Wheel. Today you ashamed me, tomorrow I will ashame you. Dont wish to other something you dont want to be with you.
"and third for the "performance" to make this public."
I prefer make my life public, becuase people can point out my mistaks and correct them. Any people, but not you.

"and second for piracy" Pirats was a wizards, who rules the weather on a sea and served to the Emperor. They can make a thunder and capture any boat, thats why people hate them, but their work was useful for society, even if you cant understand this

Related to this question... I feel like I'm making reasonable progress on theoretical endgames using the endgame trainer on ChessTempo and a copy of Silman's Endgame Manual, essentially by skimming the book then hammering out the examples on ChessTempo and then going back to the book to get more detail if I find a situation in the training that I can't reliably deal with.

On the other hand, I'm aware that I'm not really doing much about practical endgames, ie complex positions with several pawn islands, multiple pieces etc. Has anyone got any advice for how best to improve there? Recommended books, online resources etc would all be welcome...

I also have "Comprehensive Chess Endings, volume 4, Pawn Endings" by Averbakh & Maizelis. Thats a big book but contains some amazing endings.

Example from the last chapter, "The Theory of Corresponding Square Systems":



These are the only white moves that win/make progress.

I dont have the other volumes but if they are that good too, then i can recommend.

@Triangel yeah, too bad that the Levenfish/Smyslov book is out of print. Unforunately it is also not on the internet. But the Rosen book can be bought for around 20 bucks and can also be found on the internet. It has four chapters about rook endings.