With staggering depth and accuracy, it clearly reveals the secrets of this most important stage of the game. If you are serious about studying endgames, have a limited amount of time, or are simply looking for a convenient way to improve your play in endgames, the FastTrack Edition may just be the book you have been looking for. It is your responsibility to make sure that your operating equipment is compatible with the relevant software or video DVD before purchasing and that software purchased is functionally adequate for your needs. It is eminently suitable to sit in an amateur player’s library as their only endgame book, and equally good at preparing a serious student for many other fine endgame books – not forgetting of course the storied father of this volume, Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual. Since it first appeared in 2003, Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual has been acclaimed as the best single volume ever written on the endgame.

Please contact us in advance for advice on best procedure, as in certain circumstances we are able to send our courier to collect items. One of the unique characteristics of the Endgame Manual has been the highlighting of text considered to be essential to the understanding of endgame theory.When it appeared in 2003, the first edition of Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual was immediately recognized by novice and master alike as one of the best books ever published on the endgame. German grandmaster Karsten Müller, widely recognized as one of the best endgame theoreticians in the world today, has carefully updated the fifth edition with the help of American grandmaster Alex Fishbein. Of course the 5th edition has not been released yet, however, based on people's experiences with the 4th edition, will the 5th edition be the gold standard of endgame theory?

Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. All about the game of chess, including discussions on professional tournaments, game analysis and theory. The late, great trainer Mark Dvoretsky carefully selected the text to be highlighted so that players at all levels could benefit from this monumental work. If you are new to the game, check out /r/chessbeginners and before posting here please read our rules: https://www. I want to find the most complete book for the endgame so I don't have to purchase multiple books and sift through each one.I consider it to be one of the very best chess books published in recent times and I am very pleased with the new enhanced edition. The incredible instructional value of the exercises has been preserved, and the blue text used in the first four editions has been replaced with text with a light grey background.