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Secrets of Pawn Endings Karsten Müller & Frank Lamprecht The definitive modern work on pawn endings
By the authors of the classic Fundamental Chess Endings
Logically organized in user-friendly fashion
About the Publisher: Gambit Publications is passionate about creating innovative and instructive chess books, suitable for all standards of player. Thanks to a renowned editorial team of masters and grandmasters, Gambit now has over 160 chess titles in print, and half a million Gambit chess books have been sold. Our books for beginners and club-level players use effective training techniques to make improving easy and fun.
This book provides a thorough course in endings with just kings and pawns, from the simple to the highly complex. Armed with this knowledge, the reader will also be able to tackle other types of endgame with greater confidence and certainty.Many interesting and beautiful positions are included, and there are test positions for the reader to solve. The authors follow the rigorously logical conventions introduced by John Nunn in his famous series of endgame manuals. This has necessitated a phenomenal amount of new analysis of theoretical positions to assess precisely the merits of each and every move.This is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the most fundamental type of endgame.
Comparative Titles: Fundamental Chess Endings (Müller & Lamprecht) ISBN 978-1-901983-53-1Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy (Hansen) ISBN 978-1-904600-44-2
About the Authors:Karsten Müller is a grandmaster from Germany, who competes regularly in the Bundesliga and international events. He finished third in the German Championship in 1996, and was runner-up in 1997. He is a noted authority on both practical and theoretical endgames. Frank Lamprecht is also from Germany, and is an international master. He has been a chess trainer since 1983. Müller and Lamprecht won the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award in 2002 for Fundamental Chess Endings.
Publication Date: MARCH 2008 978-1-904600-88-6 * 288 pp * 5.7 x 8.3 * $29.95 pb ($32.95 Canada) DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA BY PERSEUS DISTRIBUTION. TO ORDER CONTACT YOUR PERSEUS SALES REPRESENTATIVE ON TEL 800-343-4499, FAX 800-351-5073 OR E-MAIL [email protected]
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