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Re: Good book to begin studying endgame
Reply #4 - 12/15/11 at 22:43:27
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You only need one book at the moment: Silman's Complete Endgame Course. That book covers all the endgame theory you need to know, up to 2400 USCF level. The other suggestions are also very good and will improve your overall playing strength, since one can also learn a lot from endgames that are not essential knowledge.
  

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Re: Good book to begin studying endgame
Reply #3 - 12/15/11 at 20:22:28
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At 1900 your general chess understanding should be big enough to just get a heavyweight. I recommend  Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual. I was very surprised how focused on practical matters his book is. He reduces the theoretical stuff to the absolute minimum and sorts the material by importance (via font size in the German version).
The direct competition is Fundamental Chess Endings by Müller & Lamprecht. It's common understanding that both book are on the same level. The choice is a matter of taste.

If you want something simpler buy 100 Endgames You Must Know by de la Villa. Delivers exactly what the name says, often with 2 example per endgame. This book covers all the important stuff. The author is very good at pressing the sample positions into rules you can memorize. He leaves out everything which he believes has no practical value. 

Both books are very good and quite different. Even getting both could be an idea.
  
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Re: Good book to begin studying endgame
Reply #2 - 12/15/11 at 19:30:10
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Flear's Improve Your Endgame Play will be available in e-book form soon.  I agree that that one is very good.

There's also his massive Practical Endgame Play - Beyond the Basics if you want to do some weightlifting.

I like the Mednis endgame books a lot.  He has individual ones on bishop endings, knight endings, and rook endings.  Rate Your Endgame Play uses a guess the move format.  It should be a top priority.

Karolyi - Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov is one of the best.
  
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Re: Good book to begin studying endgame
Reply #1 - 12/15/11 at 14:58:08
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I am personally very fond of Flear's endgame books (improve and mastering the endgame). It goes the entire width, but also into the deep at occasion
  

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Good book to begin studying endgame
12/15/11 at 12:39:14
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Hi friends: my ELO OTB is around 1900. My endgame knowledge is very shallow. Some rook endings (very few). Nothing on bishops or knights endings. A ton of opening books and none on endings. I need your help to get a book to begin to study. I have no idea. Every site talks a lot about opening but none about endings. Your help would be very much appreciated. Thanks a lot.
  
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