Robert Ris: Crucial Chess Skills for the Club Player, Volume 2

Thinkers Publishing, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-9-492510-45-7, 392 Seiten, 2019.

I assume that most of you have read (and enjoyed!) the first volume of this series, but for those who haven't: don't worry. The level of the content of the two books is identical and you can work through the second volume without having studied the first one. However, it’s still not too late to get a copy of the first volume! In the first six chapters I will mainly look at positions with limited material left on the board.

Endgames, yes, but also positions where the initiative plays an important role. My aim is to illustrate the specific features of all the pieces and this can best be done without too many other pieces on the board.


Inhaltsvberzeichnis:
Preface
Chapter 1: The role of the king in the endgame
Chapter 2: Same-coloured bishop endings
Chapter 3: Opposite-coloured bishop endings
Chapter 4: Initiative inopposite-coloured bishop endings
Chapter 5: Bishop vs. knight
Chapter 6: The power of major pieces
Chapter 7: Queen vs. two rooks
Chapter 8: Two minor pieces vs. rook
Chapter 9: Worth of a queen
Chapter 10: Exchange sacrifice
Chapter 11: Piece vs. pawns
Exercises

Robert Ris wrote this book especially for club players who want to do more than opening theory.


Teaser Robert Ris: Crucial Chess Skills for the Club Player, Volume 2 (PDF)