Decision Making in Major Piece Endings

Gelfands glimrende bok om å ta beslutninger i sluttspill med tårn og dronninger. Det er flest av tårnsluttspill som forekommer oftest i praksis. Siste kapittel gir treningsoppgaver. En skikkelig kvalitetsbok!

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In Decision Making in Major Piece Endings former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand discusses his path to decision making in endgames involving rooks or queens, as well as the often neglected “4th Phase.” Countless games are decided by good or bad technique in such endgames, so readers are certain to benefit from the insights of a world-class Grandmaster on this vital topic.

Grandmaster Boris Gelfand has been an elite player for over 30 years, winning the World Cup, Olympiad Gold, the Candidates and many other top tournaments.

Kapitlene i denne boka:

• 1 The Importance of Analysis 192
• 2 Do Not Hurry 473
• 3 Three Surprisingly Complicated Rook Endings 654
• 4 Two Defensive Methods in Rook Endings 935
• 5 From the Simple to the Complex 1216
• 6 Diving to the Bottom of the Sea 1437
• 7 Mamedyarov 1638
• 8 Grischuk 1819
• 9 Queen Endings with a g- or h-pawn 21110
• 10 Multiple Queens 23111
• 11 Full Circle 24312
• 12 Conversion in the 4th Phase 25513
• 13 The Fruits of Hard Work 27314
• 14 12 Rook Exercises 291