Karsten Müller, Yakov Konoval: Understanding Rook vs. Minor Piece Endgames

Russell Enterprises, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-1-949859-11-9, 232 Seiten, 2019.

Understanding Rook vs. Minor Piece Endgames. Foreword by Alex Fishbein.

A Journey into the Land of Rook vs. Minor Piece Endgames

Knowing the abilities and limitations of the minor pieces and their cooperation with a rook is very valuable for mastering the secrets of the royal game and this can be studied best in the endgame. The book before you now will take you into a mysterious and charming world. The actors in these fairy-tale stories are the rook, the bishop, and the knight.

This book is the third volume in the authors' acclaimed Understanding Endgames series. It follows a dual philosophy, like their previous works, Understanding Rook Endgames and Understanding Minor Piece Endgames. It deals with seven-piece minor-piece endings in some detail. These endgames are often so deep that pre-tablebase analysis almost always contained errors.

Many new discoveries are revealed here. In addition, the authors emphasize the important five- and six-piece endings every club player should know. But to really understand minor piece endings, these theoretical positions are of course not enough. Sub-chapters on the principles of each material configuration have therefore been added.

"If you enjoy beauty in chess, if you want to improve your handling of the endgame, and if you want to become closer friends with the rook, bishop, and knight on the chessboard, then this journey into the land of rook and minor piece endgames will reward you.", from the Foreword by Alex Fishbein.

Großmeister Dr. Karsten Müller (1970) spielt seit 1988 für den Hamburger SK in der 1. Bundesliga und wurde 1996 und 1997 3. der Deutschen Meisterschaft. Der promovierte Mathematiker hat mehr als 10 Bücher und Trainings DVDs verfasst und bearbeitet die Endspielkolumnen des ChessBase Magazins und auf ChessCafe.com. Er arbeitet als Schachtrainer und wurde vom Deutschen Schachbund 2007 als Trainer des Jahres ausgezeichnet.

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