Description of Silman's Complete Endgame Course:
From Beginner to Master
Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master, is an excellent book for the endgame.
For more than 100 years, the world's leading chess players and teachers have told their students to study the endgame. Now, for the first time, a revolutionary, richly instructive endgame book has been designed for players of all levels.
Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master, by famed writer and player Jeremy Silman, is the one and only endgame book you'll need as you move up the ladder from beginner to strong tournament player and finally to master. Designed to "speak" to a player in a very personal way, Silman's book teaches the student everything he or she needs to know at his or her current rating level, and builds on that knowledge for each subsequent phase of the player's development.
Starting at the beginner level, all basic mates are clearly and painstakingly explained. After that, the critical building blocks that form the endgame foundation are explored in detail. Finally, advanced endgame secrets based on concepts rather than memorization are presented in a way that makes them easy to master.
The basic keys to a well-rounded endgame education--Opposition, the Lucena and Philidor Positions, Cat and Mouse, Trebuchet, Fox in the Chicken Coup, Triangulation, Building a Box, Square of a Pawn, Outflanking, the Principle of Two Weaknesses--are vital.
But equally important is creating a love of the endgame, which is addressed at the end of the book with a look at chess tactics, minor piece domination, and a discussion of the five greatest endgame players of all time--all things that every fan of chess at every level can enjoy. If you have found the endgame to be a mystery--if you have found that your confidence plummets once you reach an endgame--if you have searched for an instructive endgame book that will turn your weakest link (your endgame) into your personal field of power, your search is over.
Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master, is the key to a world of essential ideas, startling beauty, and stunning creativity.
Specifications for Silman's Complete Endgame Course:
From Beginner to Master
- Item #: SI85100
- Skill Level: All levels (1000+)
- Publisher: Siles Press
- ISBN: 978-1890085100
- # Pages: 530
- Author: Jeremy Silman
- Book Category: Endgames
- Cover: Paperback
- Year Published: 2007
Customer Reviews of Silman's Complete Endgame Course:
From Beginner to Master
Kairav from CDA Silman's Complete Endgame Course:
From Beginner to Master ReviewExcellent endgame book.... a must for all chess players
Erik from Rockford Silman's Complete Endgame Course:
From Beginner to Master ReviewA tremendously detailed text. Each section is labeled by ability level, but even the "advanced" endgame sections are accessible to everyone. Very handy study with detailed explanations of IDEAS rather than sequences.
Joel from Newton Silman's Complete Endgame Course:
From Beginner to Master ReviewExcellent endgame book. It breaks endgame topics down by rating which gives you the opportunity to study only the amount of theory you should know for your rating level. This cuts down on how much you have to study and know for now ;). I really like the definition for "triangulation"(Google it and you get very confused fast) Silman's definition is straightforward.
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