Dvoretsky's endgame manual or 100 endgames you must know

Just out of interest, which one of the two would people recommend for players of my level. Apologies if this question has been asked before...

Dovertsky's is good also for GM level. I've bought it 15 years ago but could not dare going thru it seriously until lately. I would start with 100 endgames, considering your level.

100 endgames has a slight lead: cutt.ly/YjWSPOi

Dvoretzky: 16 months of hard work
De la Villa: 16 days

For most club players and 99% of lichess players even the latter is the overkill. Most players would rather quit chess than reading Dvoretzky‘s manual thoroughly.

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let me add, I'm doing now the rooks endings chapter of Dvoretsky 2nd edition. It's 218 diagrams, each diagram take me 15 minutes as an avarage. Ok, rook ending is the bigger chapter but there are 15 chapters of theory, you can do the math.

@LeadingRoleInACage That sounds really daunting....

@selfbrain Interesting! Thx for the link.

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@Sarg0n is wrong with 16 hours if taken literally for someone learning endings with De La Villa. I would spend some months with it.

Dvoretzki has two courses in his book if you study it the recommended way not only by the author. Here you can find an 19 minute video by Erwin L'Ami. www.chessable.com/dvoretskys-endgame-manual-5th-edition-revised-by-gm-karsten-muller/course/53370/ Take it as a review. (Chessable is not my cup of tea. I prefer Anki for self paced spaced repetition.) L'Ami refers to the "basic course" in the book.

I finished 100 EYMK within 16 days, Dvoretzky and FCE in about 1.5 years each.

Read Dvoretzky‘s manual thoroughly and you will be an Endgame Expert.