Ward, Endgame Play

Chris Ward explains in easy steps how to handle typical endgame situations: using your king, which pawns are most important, keeping your pieces active, making things difficult for your opponent, traps to avoid - and set.
128 S., kart., Batsford 1996

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Symbols
1    Introducing Endgame Play
2    His Majesty
  1    The Colossal king
  2    Expanding on and explaining King and Pawn vs King
  3    Tempo: Is time of the essence?
  4    Swap off and win!
  5    Stopping Passed Pwans
  6    Blocking, Defelcting and Pushing Off
  7    Corralling and Encirclement
3    The Soldiers
  8    The Outside Passed Pawn
  9    The Great Pieces versus Pwans debate
10    Which is better, connected or isolated?
11    Tricky Pawn moves and structures
12    A Lecture on Rook and Pawn endings
4   Strengths and Weaknesses
13    Weak Pawns and Infiltration
14    A word or two on Pawnless Endings
15    Cutting off the King
16    Zugzwang!
5   All the King's Men
17    Knights or Bishops?
18    More scenes with Queens
19    The value of pieces and which ones to exchange
20    Opposite-coloured bishops - Always Drawn?
21    Tactics in the endgame
Indexes