The Chess Endgame Study: A Comprehensive Introduction Second Edition
A Comprehensive Introduction
$47.77
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
25 November 2016
Summary
The endgame study, like the chess problem, eliminates over-the-board competition to concentrate on an invented endgame position carefully plotted to fox, bewilder, challenge, and otherwise stimulate the solver. Unlike problems, studies do not stipulate the number of moves to the solution; they demand a greater knowledge of endgame theory, thus becoming useful tools for actual players while giving “studyists” self-contained epiphanies of compositional art.
A. J. Roycroft, founder of th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780486241869 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0486241866 |
| Author: | A.J. Roycroft |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 25 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 450g |
| Dimensions: | 220mm x 140mm x 30mm |
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About The Author
A.J. Roycroft
In 1959 Londoner Arthur John Roycroft was awarded the prestigious title of International Judge of Chess Compositions. He is also the founder of EG, the only publication to focus exclusively on endgame studies.
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