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Re: Comparision of Comprehensive Endgame books
Reply #1 - 09/19/15 at 00:47:44
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You're asking a lot. Here's an abbreviated answer.

Averbakh's five volumes are wonderful but theory has advanced in some places. Nunn's two volumes are, for me, too pedantic / detailed / impractical.

Either Dvoretsky or Muller/Lamprecht are the best one volume books available. Panchenko might be better for learning (it is simpler) but I'd prefer DEM or FCE. If pressed I might go with FCE... as of today. Tomorrow it might be DEM.
  
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Comparision of Comprehensive Endgame books
09/17/15 at 18:11:24
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There are so many good endgame reference books available.

1. Encylopedia of Chess Endgames - Chess Informant

2. Comprehensive Chess Endings - Yuri Averbakh

3. Basic Chess Endings - Fine

4. Batsford Chess Endings - Speelman

5. Fundamental Chess Endings - Mueller

6. Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual

7. Nunn's Chess Endings vol 1 & 2

8. Theory and Practice of chess endgames (Endspieltheorie und Praktik) - Panchenko

9. Practical Chess Endings - Keres

10. 600 Chess Endgames - Portisch


Most of you own at least two or three of above books. Could you please compare and contrast these works?

1. How comprehensive is the coverage? Any major misses?

2. Quality of positions

3. Quality of explanations

4. Ratio of technical vs strategical endings

5. Ratio of simple vs complicated endings

6. Available as playable ebook?

7. If you have to study one of these books from cover to cover, which book would you choose and why?

Thank you!
  
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