Endgame Analysis School cf Chess Excellence 1

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Cover Title page From the author Part one: The analysis of adjourned positions An adjournment session that decided a match Don't hinder one another! Traps found in analysis Prize for the best ending A study generated by mistake I choose a plan that is not the strongest! How hard it is to win a won position! An incomplete analysis Give me an envelope, please Even grandmasters make mistakes Flippancy is punished! Is it possible to be excessively serious? The benefit of 'abstract' knowledge A difficult analysis Exercises for analysis Part two: The endgame The king establishes a record Commentaries without variations Mined squares My first analysis The transition into a pawn endgame The fortress The reward for tenacious defence The principle of two weaknesses Twin endings Defence by frontal attack Rook against pawns A great master of the endgame The strongest piece is the rook! Like-colour bishops Opposite-colour bishops What remained off-stage An amazing coincidence Aerobatics Exercises for analysis Part three: Studies Let training commence! Deep calculation Studies by grandmasters Study ideas in practice Playing exercises Reciprocal playing Exactly as in a study The 'brilliance and poverty' of studies Exercises for analysis Solutions to exercises Appendix: Indexes Index by material Index of exercises by thinking skills and types of problems to be solved Index of players and analysts