Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics 4th ed

En fjerde, utvidet utgave av sluttspillboka som ble utsolgt etter at den er kåret til årets sjakkbok. Ingen teoribok, men en overveldende praksisbok med masse instruktive, vakre, morsomme og tragiske sluttspill fra virkelighetens verden, som vil glede de fleste av oss.

Sluttspillene er ryddig inndelt i kapitler i forhold til type, altså materiell situasjon. Men først og fremst viser den hvor mangfoldig og morsom sluttspillenes verden er. Boka er resultat av samling og bearbeiding gjennom 30 år, og det kan vi forstå av det gedigne resultatet. Den fjerde utgaven er utvidet med stoff som forfatteren, som døde i 2010, også hadde gjort klart.

Boka har nå over 1300 eksempler fra praktisk spill og viser mer enn noen kilde hvor mangfoldig sluttspillenes verden er - og ofte litt for krevende for oss mennesker av kjøtt og blod!

Forlagets egen omtale

New and substantially expanded edition of a modern chess classic. By chance, in 2013 publisher New In Chess discovered a previously unnoticed and unpublished extra batch of endgame tactics collected by the legendary Dutch correspondence grandmaster Ger van Perlo (1932-2010).

More than 250 fresh examples have been added, making this fourth edition 25% BIGGER than its predecessors.

For casual players and club players.

Why is it that most amateur chess players love opening and middlegame tactics but hate endgames? Why do you usually look at only a couple of pages in any endgame theory book you see?

Sit back, forget about theoretical endgames, and enjoy the entertainment of real life chess in Endgame Tactics!

There is no substitute for hard work in getting better at chess, as a wise grandmaster once said. But you always work harder at something you enjoy. Make the first step towards improving your endgame play (and beating more opponents) by learning to love the endgame.

Endgames are fun, and the examples from everyday practice in Endgame Tactics prove it.

• New (4th) and 25% expanded edition of a best- selling modern classic
• More than 1,300 Sparkling Tricks and Traps
• WINNER of the ECF Book of the Year Award
• WINNER of the ChessCafe Book of the Year Award
• Makes regular players discover the fun in endgame

Acclaim:

A masterpiece.
Former US Champion Joel Benjamin

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It cannot but help to improve your chess, painlessly, enjoyably.
Chess Today

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An irresistible collection of more than 1,300 endgame tricks and traps. A superb book, highly instructive.
Paul Motwani, The Scotsman

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Quite a powerful book. It does not wish to drill, it just wishes to entertain. And it does!
Gerhard Josten, Rochade Europa

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All chess life is here: brilliant wins, amazing draws and not infrequently defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.
British Chess Magazine