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Basic Chess Endings (McKay Chess Library), Fine, Reuben

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ISBN
0812934938
EAN
9780812934939
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Basic Chess Endings (McKay Chess Library)
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Fine, Reuben
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Publisher
Random House Information Group
ISBN-10
0812934938
ISBN-13
9780812934939
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2455281

Product Key Features

Book Title
Basic Chess Endings
Number of Pages
608 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Chess
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Large Type
Genre
Games & Activities
Author
Reuben Fine
Book Series
Chess Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

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1.6 in
Item Weight
27.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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"This is the definitive work on the endgame, which all serious students of the game have been waiting for. It is a prodigious feat of chess scholarship, presented to the reader in clear, pithy language, full of telling phrases that will linger in the memory and rise to aid the harassed competitor just when he needs it most.... The authoritative reference work on the subject.... Reuben Fine's book is indispensable." -- The New York Times "Grandmaster Fine has done a brilliant piece of work. There is no doubt that it will receive the recognition of the entire chess world." -- M. M. Botvinnik
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
794.1
Edition Description
Large Type / large print edition
Synopsis
A revision of the original reference for serious students includes the game's latest innovations and reflects an adaptation to algebraic notation, focusing on aspects of game endings that occur most frequently while providing hundreds of illustrative diagrams. Original., The most authoritative reference work on the,endgame, serious students of chess will find this,book unmatched in its depth and range. Updated,with the latest innovations in the endgame and,adapted to algebraic notation by Grandmaster Pal,Benko, the result is what chess aficionados have,been waiting for - a thoroughly modern bible on,chess endings. Packed with diagrams that make,examples easy to follow, this is an indispensable,point of reference for the Grandmaster in the,making.
LC Classification Number
GV1450.7

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  • by kepa4020-xlwuoygut
    17 Dec, 2020

    Marvelous updating of Reuben FIne's classic basic endgame knowledge.

    It is no exaggeration to say that Basic Chess Endings was the first systematic textbook on this phase of the game. Reuben Fine chose standard positions of various types and in many cases gave useful rules for practical play. Pal Benko corrected or replaced some examples with more typical or more instructive ones. One of the McKay Chess Library's very best update's and republication in the classic sense.

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