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Re: BEST ROOK ENDINGS BOOK
Reply #3 - 06/22/08 at 15:48:26
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This depends very much on your level (general and specific to endgames).

I think Mednis and Ward are the most basic ones on your list, you could get most of the same knowledge from general endgame books by Dvoretsky, Müller/Lamprecht, Fine, Rosen etc. if you have any of those.

Emms has very good coverage of positions with 5 vs 4, 4 vs 3 and 3 vs 2 pawns, both with a distant passed pawn and all pawns on the same side. Also one of the few books that deal with double rook endings. But his coverage of more basic rook endings is not thorough enough for my taste, I prefer to study them in more detail to aid understanding and memory.

Nunn, Korchnoi and Averbakh/Kopaev probably the most advanced, but in very different ways:

Averbakh/Kopaev: Reference work for all rook endings, particularly thorough with a small number of pawns as conclusions are easier to reach.

Nunn: Encyclopedic reference work NB! for the endgame R+P vs R only. There are some useful generalizations, "Tips for practical players" and exercises from actual games that could be useful to go through.

Korchnoi: Very advanced analysis of Korchnoi's best rook endings, usually recommended to master-level players.
  

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Re: BEST ROOK ENDINGS BOOK
Reply #2 - 06/22/08 at 14:44:26
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Hard to say which is "best," as it depends on your tastes, what you are looking to accomplish, etc.

I have Ward, Mednis, Minev.  Have leafed through Emms.  I don't recall that there's much to distinguish between them. 

I also have the Nunn book, and it seems to me to be more of a reference than a teaching text.  In other words, if you want to learn about Philidor's drawing position, I'd go with one of the other books.  If you want a reference to see various scenarious in which a b-pawn on the 3rd rank wins, go with Nunn.
  
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Re: BEST ROOK ENDINGS BOOK
Reply #1 - 06/22/08 at 13:55:18
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Averback's books may not be available, but you can get the digital version of all 5 of them (updated and corrected) on 1 cd. Chess Assistant produces it, and should be available from your favorite online chess shop.
  
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BEST ROOK ENDINGS BOOK
06/22/08 at 12:48:06
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Hello to everybody!

Can you please specify which is the best endgame books dealing with ROOK ENDINGS.

I'll mention some:

    * Starting Out: Rook Endings (2004). Chris Ward, Everyman Chess. 

    * The Survival Guide to Rook Endings, John Emms, 1999, Everyman Chess. 

    * Practical Rook Endings, by Victor Korchnoi, 1999, 2002, Olms. 

    * Rook Endings, by Grigory Levenfish and Vasily Smyslov, 1971, Batsford. 

    * Secrets of Rook Endings, by John Nunn, 1992, 1999, Gambit Publications. 

    * Practical Rook Endings, by Edmar Mednis, 1982, Chess Enterprises.

    * Minev, Nikolay (2004), A Practical Guide to Rook Endgames, Russell Enterprises.

    * Comprehensive Chess Endings: Rook Endings, volume 5, by Yuri Averbakh and Nikolai Kopayev.

    * 1000 Rook Endings, by József Pintér, 2007.


And now some real and important question, so please help!

Where can I buy in Germany the classic Comprehensive Chess Endings: Rook Endings, volume 5, by Yuri Averbakh and Nikolai Kopayev?

And why we can not buy other Averbakh's Comprehensive Chess Endings series. What a damage.

  
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