Chess Endgames for Kids

Chess Endgames for Kids

• Author: Karsten Muller
• Pages: 128
• Publication Years: 2015

<div>Most chess games are decided in the endgame. It is here where you reap the reward<br>for your good play, or else use all your cunning to deny the opponent victory. Knowing<br>just a few key endgame techniques will dramatically increase your confidence, as you<br>will understand what positions to aim for and which to avoid.<br>Starting with the basic mates and the simplest pawn endings, this book provides all the<br>endgame knowledge that players need to take them through to club level and beyond.<br>Mller carefully guides us step-by-step through a fascinating range of endgame tactics<br>and manoeuvres, helping us understand the underlying logic.<br>Throughout the book, many cunning endgame tricks are highlighted. You will have fun<br>springing them on friends, family – or your opponents in serious tournaments.<br>Chess Endgames for Kids makes learning chess endgames fun. But it is also a<br>serious endgame course written by a leading endgame expert, and provides a firm<br>basis for vital skills that will develop throughout your chess career.<br>German grandmaster Karsten Mller is arguably the world€s foremost writer on chess<br>endgames. Whenever an interesting endgame occurs in a high-level game, the chess<br>world knows that it will soon be dissected and explained by Mller. Whether writing for<br>a low-level or high-level audience, his infectious zeal for the endgame shines through.<br>His ‘masterwork€, Fundamental Chess Endings (co-authored with Frank Lamprecht,<br>and also published by Gambit) is a modern endgame ‘bible€ and was studied<br>intensively in his youth by current World Champion Magnus Carlsen.</div>