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| Posted by ssisyphus playchesscomputer.net 4/24/2008 02:34:54 Play chess computer |  Subject: Endgame BookMessage: Thanks in advance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by torre_tinorete playchesscomputer.net 4/24/2008 04:04:42 Play chess computer | Silman Endgame Book Message: Hope this helps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by torre_tinorete playchesscomputer.net 4/24/2008 04:07:31 Play chess computer | Title Silman endgame book Message: ——— McShane Retains Lead at London Classic; Anand Beats Carlsen — Luke McShane, who won his first two games, did not win in Round 3 of the London Chess Classic on Friday. But he managed to draw against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, the former world chess champion, and thus remained in the lead. After three of the four games in each of the first two rounds ended decisively, Friday was relatively quiet, with three games ending in draws. The exception was a win by Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, over Magnus Carlsen of Norway. It was the second loss for Carlsen, who actually had an advantage early in the game before making two bad moves that allowed Anand to shatter his kingside pawns and then infiltrate with his queen and rook. Carlsen could ... Posted by marinvukusic | playchesscomputer.net 4/24/2008 07:35:30 Play chess computer The only book I ever usedMessage: Great for a practical player. Books on endgames tend to be huge and not exactly practical, this one has everything that is needed. Silman's concept sounds good and if the book is really well written you can give it a go. ——— Surprising Leader at London Chess Classic — The torrid pace continued at the London Chess Classic on Thursday as three of the four games again ended decisively. Luke McShane of England, who had pulled off a big upset by beating Magnus Carlsen of Norway in Round 1, won again in Round 2, beating Nigel Short, another Englishman. It was Short’s second loss. Carlsen bounced back by upending Michael Adams, one of the four English chess players. Hikaru Nakamura of the United States, who had managed to draw a long game against the world chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India in Round 1, had Black for the second game in a row. It was also his 23rd birthday. His opponent, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, the former world chess champion, ended up ... Posted by lighttotheright | playchesscomputer.net 4/24/2008 10:37:16 Play chess computer Message: ——— Exciting and Surprising Start to the London Chess Classic — If every round of the London Chess Classic is like the first round, then it is going to be a very exciting tournament. The chess tournament began Wednesday and three of the four games ended decisively. The most stunning result was the victory of the English grandmaster Luke McShane over Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Carlsen played some speculative moves and was punished brilliantly by McShane. The other two wins were also quite exciting. Michael Adams, one of the four English chess players, checkmated his countryman David Howell in 27 moves with a scintillating attack, while Vladimir Kramnik of Russia overwhelmed Nigel Short, the other English player, with a central pawn break that eventually led to ... Posted by jstack | playchesscomputer.net 4/24/2008 13:36:17 Play chess computer Dvoretsky's bookMessage: ——— Women’s World Chess Championship Begins With Some Upsets — The first round of the Women’s World Chess Championship, which is being held in Hatay, Turkey, ended Monday, and a few of the higher-ranked chess players are already on their way home. The biggest upset was the victory of Betul Cemre Yildiz of Turkey over Pia Cramling of Sweden. Cramling was a semifinalist at the 2008 championship and is ranked No. 9 in the world among women. The manner in which she lost was also surprising as she simply used up all her time in the second game of her match before she could make her 40th move in a completely equal and uncomplicated position. Other upset victims included Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia, who lost tie-breaker games Monday to ... Posted by thaumaturgy | playchesscomputer.net 4/24/2008 14:34:59 Play chess computer Silamn's bookMessage: ——— Chess: Battleground London — World chess champion Anand faces his nearest rival Carlsen at the London Chess Classic. The second edition of the London Chess Classic takes place at Kensington Olympia from tomorrow until 15 December. This year will be even stronger than last with the participation of the world chess champion, Viswanathan Anand from India. Anand was a frequent and popular visitor to England in his early career, but hasn't played a chess tournament here since 1995 and interest will be high, not least because he will be facing the player tipped to succeed him, the Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen. Their meetings take on added significance with Carlsen's controversial withdrawal from ... Posted by longbow57 | playchesscomputer.net 4/24/2008 14:41:08 Play chess computer Basic Chess EndingsMessage: Posted by taufiq | playchesscomputer.net 4/26/2008 01:28:09 Play chess computer EndgameMessage: "Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations & Games", written by father Polgar.. -->  www.chesshouse.com Posted by wschmidt | playchesscomputer.net 4/28/2008 13:00:13 Play chess computer No, Message: Posted by taufiq | playchesscomputer.net 4/29/2008 01:59:12 Play chess computer Message: Take care ! Posted by heinzkat | playchesscomputer.net 4/29/2008 02:06:50 Play chess computer Well,Message: Posted by ionadowman | playchesscomputer.net 4/29/2008 14:08:31 Play chess computer A few centurries ago...Message: I bought just two of them: Levenfish & Smyslov's "Rook Endings" and Averbakh's "Queen and Pawn Endings". I don't know whether these books were specially commissioned by Batsford, or whether they were tranlations of Russian/Soviet publications. It seems that Paul Keres's "Practical Chess Endings" is from the same stable. I have found both the volumes that I own useful and informative, beginning with "schoolboy" theory to begin with then gradually becoming more advanced and complicated. Most of the endings are taken from actual games, but a few studies are also presented. And they have helped in endings on GK. In a game ionadowman vs sranderson a year or so back, I found myself a pawn down in a Q+Ps ending, with a completely passive position , but fortunately the enemy didn't have a passed pawn. Averbakh's book at least gave me some clues what to strive for and what to avoid, though I have to admit, the idea of sacrificing my Q-side pawns to activate my game was largely my own. When my opponent timed out (I noticed he was cutting things more and more finely), he was still a pawn ahead, but I still had the means to set problems, and was starting to think I might yet hold out for a draw... A particularly interesting and difficult R+Ps ending occurred in agmac vs ionadowman, again with my having the pawn less. Now, I've had quite a lot of R+Ps endgames on GK, and have thereby built up a fund of experience in them, but this one was quite complicated as there were a lot of pawns. Gradually reducing material I finally got to a point where a known drawn position was in sight - identified by Levenfish & Smyslov as such - which I managed to steer for and obtain. A limitation, perhaps, of such books, is that they aren't always comprehensive in their analysis of such positions, so, when agmac, having arrived at the "drawn" position, deviated almost at once from the "main" line, I had still some work to do to secure the half-point. Which was probably just as well, as it gave me further insights into how such endings work. You could do worse than to get hold of these books if you can. Cheers, Ion Posted by doctor_knight | playchesscomputer.net 4/29/2008 20:54:50 Play chess computer Message: Posted by taufiq | playchesscomputer.net 4/30/2008 04:50:02 Play chess computer ...Message: (for the people who are interested; the game ended 21-Jan-06). If I look through such games, it's very clear for me, there's a lot more to learn !! Still a long way to go ! :) Posted by lighttotheright | playchesscomputer.net 4/30/2008 06:52:26 Play chess computer Message: Although it is not an endgame book, it does have a endgame specific section within it. It is only about 140 problems from simple endgames; but it is there. Some people don't like the style of not explaining anything with just problems. I find this style most useful. The only way to truly learn chess is to just do it. This forces you to do just that. The problems expand your learning horizons. It's funny! I've always viewed mating positions (which most of his book it comprised of) as a form of endgame. 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