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re:Comprehensive chess endings - 2006/07/05 03:52
by CD in the early 70s, the second in the early 80s [Pergamon], and then a third in the early 90s [Cadogan?]. The Chess Digest version was in six volumes, and English Description. I *believe* the current set is in five volumes, and is in AN. I know that chess digest sells them, and you can get the details from the their web page.
The `core` books are B Endings, N Endings, B v N, R v Minor Piece, Q endings, Q v R/Minor Piece. In the Russian editions, they were in in three volumes. The new set also includes a rook endings by Averbakh +?, and the Pawn Endings book by Maizelis. I believe they all have been re-edited by Chekover.
Having said all that, I have not seen the Rook volume, but I have trouble believing it superior to the book by Smyslov/Levenfish. The Maizelis Pawn endings book is not very good at all. The original Queen endings was written prior to the coming of tablebases, and has a lot of errosin it. I do not know if this has been correctd.
The others are okay, but I do not think they are really required reading unless you are a total endgame addict [cough].
If you are buying them to learn, I would recommend the Mednis set instead [Practical Knight Endings, Practical B, Practical R]. They are *excellent* and much cheaper. The R v Minor piece is quite good, as there just is not much written on this particular ending.
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