Grigoriev, Nikolai, Shakhmatnoe tvorchestvo N. Grigorieva, 2nd edition, FiS, Moscow, 1954. The first edition was compiled by Konstantinopolsky and the second by Bondarevsky. Grigoriev was a classic analyst of the endgame, pawn endgames in particular. The book contains his numerous studies, analytical works, and tutorial materials.

  Korchnoi, Victor, Practical Rook Endings, Edition Olms, Zürich, 2002. The outstanding grandmaster makes an extremely deep investigation of rook endgames from his own games. However, one should realize that the book is complicated, and designed for players of advanced skill.

  Lutz, Christopher, Endgame Secrets, Batsford, London, 1999.

  Endgame Manuals

  Amazingly enough, I have not yet found a single endgame manual which I could recommend wholeheartedly to my pupils (the wish to fill this gap stimulated me to write this book). Most existing books are useless methodologically or elementary and useful for novices only. Some books do not cover endgame theory fully – in this case, they are mentioned in the next section

  Alburt and Krogius, Just the Facts!, 2nd edition, Chess Information and Research Center, New York, 2005.

  Averbakh, Yuri, Chto nado znat’ ob endshpile, 3rd edition, FiS, Moscow, 1979. The English edition of this book is Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge (Everyman Chess, London 1993)

  Soltis, Andrew, Grandmaster Secrets – Endings, Thinker’s Press, Davenport, Iowa, 1997. The book is original and fresh, with a good collection of examples, but the author’s pedagogical concepts do not inspire my trust.

  Books on Various Endgame Themes

  In this section of the index, various books are mentioned. Their quality depends not so much on the subject as on the competence of the author, his ability to underline and to explain the most important and instructive ideas.

  Beliavsky & Mikhalchishin, Winning Endgame Technique, Batsford, London, 2003.

  Beliavsky & Mikhalchishin, Winning Endgame Strategy, Batsford, London, 2003.

  Benko, Pal, Chess Endgame Lessons (2 volumes), Self-published, 1989, 1999. Grandmaster Pal Benko is a great connoisseur of endgames and a renowned study composer. The book is a compilation of his monthly columns in the American Chess Life magazine. Both theoretical endgames and practical cases from various levels, from amateur to grandmaster, are analyzed.

  Nunn, John, Tactical Chess Endings, Batsford, London, 2003.

  Speelman, Jonathan, Endgame Preparation, Batsford, London, 2003. Some important endgame problems and concepts are analyzed, such as zugzwang, the theory of corresponding squares, pawn structure and weak pawns, an extra outside passed pawn, an extra pawn with all pawns on one wing, etc.

  Speelman, Analysing the Endgame, Batsford, London, 2003.

  Books on Endgame Technique

  As I have already mentioned in the preface, general endgame technique (and, particularly, the technique of exploiting an advantage) is beyond the scope of this book, although its important principles are described here more than once. A more systematic presentation of endgame technique can be obtained from the books named below.

  Dvoretsky & Yusupov, Tekhnika v shakhmatnoi igre, 3rd edition, Folio, Kharkov, Ukraine, 2009. (In English: Secrets of Endgame Technique, Olms, Zürich, 2008. In German: Effektives Endspieltraining, Beyer Verlag, 1996.) One of the main themes of the book is the problem of technique, although there are also chapters on other subjects, such as methods of improving one’s endgame play, theory of certain types of endgame, etc.

  Mednis, Edmar, Practical Endgame Lessons, Three Rivers Press, New York, 1986. The author’s views on basic endgame techniques seem at first sight very different from mine and Shereshevsky’s, but in fact they are very close to ours. This book is perhaps not so deep as Shereshevsky’s, but is more attractive and accessible.

  Shereshevsky, Mikhail, Strategiya endshpilya, FiS, Moscow, 1988. The English edition of this book is Endgame Strategy (Everyman Chess, London, 1994). This book has already been mentioned in the preface. The author explains the main principles of endgame technique and gives numerous illustrative examples.

  Endgame Materials in Various Publications

  Only the most important of the many sources I have used are mentioned here.

  Belavenets, Sergey, Master Sergey Belavenets, FiS, Moscow, 1963. The book includes tutorial lectures on endgames that Belavenets had prepared shortly before the Second World War (in which he was killed). The lectures are very good, and gave me (and later, Shereshevsky) an impetus to prepare our own tutorial materials on endgame technique.

  Dvoretsky, Mark, Shkola vysshego masterstva 3 – Strategiya, Folio, Kharkov, Ukraine, 1998 (In English: School of Chess Excellence 3 – Strategic Play, Edition Olms, Zürich, 2008. In German: Geheimnisse der Schachstrategie, Edition Olms, Zürich, 1999.) The first and largest part of the book is dedicated to various aspects of positional play; the second part handles positions with limited material, mainly problems of technique.

  Nunn, John, Secrets of Practical Chess, 2nd edition, Gambit, London, 2008. This relatively small book, with an enlarged, second edition appearing in 2007, contains practical advice on many problems important for a practical player. The endgame section of the book is, in my opinion, slightly below the level of other chapters, but the professional and intellectual level of Nunn’s work as a whole is so high that I can recommend it without reservation to every chessplayer, whatever his level.

  Shereshevsky, Mikhail, The Soviet Chess Conveyor, Sofia, 1994.

  Chess Informant

  Chess magazines: 64, Shakhmaty v SSSR, New in Chess, etc.

  Index of Players

  Numbers in bold denote that the player named first had White. Numbers in brackets denote that the game was also discussed or mentioned in the text of the bracketed diagram number.

  Adorján, András – Orsó 12-41

  Agdestein, Simen – Karpov 12-35

  Agzamov, Georgy – Tukmakov 12-17

  Ahues, Carl – Schlage 1-95

  Akopian, Vladimir –

  Georgiev, Kir. 9-185

  Svidler 9-180

  Alapin, Simon – Fahrni 1-27, (1-29), (1-88), (1-184), (1-189), (6-39)

  Alburt, Lev –

  de Firmian 10-6

  Dlugy 9-14

  Lerner 3-14

  Alekhine, Alexander –

  Bogoljubow 8-13

  Capablanca (9-132)

  Keres 1-150

  Maróczy 12-19

  Reshevsky 9-100, 12-32

  Tartakower 8-23

  Vidmar 10-21

  Yates 1-22, (1-25)

  Alexandria, Nana – Chiburdanidze 14-29

  Alexandrov, Alexandr – Zubarev 7-51

  Allakhverdian, Mikhail – Duz-Khotimirsky 10-5

  Ambroz, Jan – Ciocaltea 13-46

  Anand, Viswanathan –

  Leko 9-214

  Svidler 15-13, (15-19)

  Andric, Dragoslav – Rogulj 13-28

  Antoshin, Vladimir –

  Kaidanov 5-43

  Korchnoi 9-121

  Arencibia, Walter – Vladimirov 9-36

  Arlazarov, Vladimir – Shcherbakov 12-26

  Aronin, Lev – Smyslov 1-146

  Aronson, Lev – Mednis 1-163

  Arulaid, Aleksandr – Gurgenidze 8-24

  Augustin, Josef – Vilela 3-17

  Averbakh, Yury –

  Bebchuk 1-112, (1-143)

  Bondarevsky 13-30

  Euwe 9-212

  Gurgenidze (14-50)

  Makarychev 5-40

  Suetin 12-25

  Taimanov 9-110, (9-114), (9-209)

  Veresov 6-16

  Zurakhov 12-27, (12-29)

  Azmaiparashvili, Zurab –

  Beliavsky 9-72

  Eolian 1-190

  Shirov 4-37

  Balashov, Yury –

  Dvoretsky 9-74

  Smyslov 7-41

  Barcza, Gedeon – Simagin 3-2

  Bareev, Evgeny – Bronstein 15-12

  Barlov, Dragan – Trabattoni 15-83

  Bata – Gustavson 1-46

  Batuev, Andrey – Simagin 12-8

  Bebchuk, Evgeny –

  Averbakh 1-112, (1-143)

  Yudovich (jr.) 14-9

  Beliavsky, Alexandr –

  Azmaiparashvili 9-72

  Dolmatov 14-26, 14-39

  Dorfman (9-175), 13-38

  Dreev 9-21

  Eingorn 3-1

  Miles 14-35

  Radulov 9-78

  Stefanov 6-41

  Topalov 8-21

  Belikov, Vladimir – Khalifman 1-52

  Bellón López, Juan –

  Chekhov 9-125

  Minic 5-30

  Tatai 11-36

  Belov, Igor – Yachmennik 14-25

  Benko, Pal – Gereben 9-140, (9-152)

  Berezhnoy, Victor – Gusev 5-35

  Berger – Kotlerman 5-13, (5-14), (5-17), (5-19)

  Bernstein, Osip –

  Smyslov 9-67

  Zukerman 9-104

  Berzinš, Alfreds – Pilskalniece 15-99

  Bezgodov, Alexey 9-218

  Bischoff, Klaus – Maiwald 4-14

  Biyiasas, Peter – Browne 9-250

  Blatný, František – Fichtl 14-44

  Blümich, Max – Tarrasch 9-77

  Bobotsov, Milko – Stoliar 11-26

  Bogatyrchuk, Fedor –

  Lasker 6-33

  Mazel 9-237

  Bogoljubow, Efim –

  Alekhine 8-13

  Maróczy 12-29

  Böhm, Hans – Timman 15-5

  Boleslavsky, Isaak – Botvinnik 9-130

  Bologan, Viorel – Vokác 1-65

  Bondarevsky, Igor –

  Averbakh 13-30

  Ebralidze 2-20

  Bonner, Gerald – Medina 3-16

  Böök, Eero – Tal 2-29

  Borisenko, Georgy –

  Botvinnik 9-132

  Simagin 12-9

  Botvinnik, Mikhail –

  Boleslavsky 9-130

  Borisenko 9-132

  Eliskases 7-61

  Kholmov 3-11

  Kotov 5-28

  Matanovic 1-130

  Minev 12-2

  Model (6-3)

  Moiseev 11-27

  Najdorf 9-116, (9-121)

  Ravinsky (12-2)

  Spassky 7-43

  Szabó 11-11

  Taimanov 1-25

  Tal 12-1

  Troianescu (13-44)

  Bouaziz, Slim – Pomar 1-156

  Bowden, Karl – Duncan 8-30

  Brodsky, Mikhail – Khmelnitsky 9-47

  Bron, Vladimir – Ordel 13-9

  Bronstein, David –

  Bareev 15-12

  Gufeld 9-68

  Keres 14-43

  Simagin 15-94

  Taimanov 10-12

  Browne, Walter –

  Biyiasas 9-250

  Ljubojevic 1-72

  Peters 9-76

  Wolff 11-43

  Brüggemann, Joachim – Darius 1-123

  Bukhman, Eduard – Osnos 7-49

  Bykova, Elizaveta – Volpert 7-15

  Capablanca, José Raúl –

  Alekhine (9-132)

  Janowsky 6-5, (6-15)

  Kostic 9-65

  Lasker, Ed. 1-106, (1-118)

  Lasker, Em. 14-31

  Marshall 9-108

  Menchik 9-12

  Tartakower 9-240

  Yates 9-119, (9-121)

  Carvajal – Kozlovskaya 9-239

  Charushin, Victor – Rosenholz 6-4, (6-18)

  Chekhov, Valery –

  Bellón 9-125

  Taimanov 9-232

  Chekhover, Vitaly – Lasker 7-36

  Chernin, Alexandr –

  Marjanovic 14-48

  Zviagintsev 6-12

  Chiburdanidze, Maya –

  Alexandria 14-29

  Muresan 7-18, (7-21)

  Smyslov 11-48

  Suba 10-18

  Watson 1-183

  Chigorin, Mikhail –

  Schlechter 12-18

  Tarrasch 1-162, 9-91, 9-99, (9-103), 15-51

  Chikovani, Yury – Gavrikov 4-30

  Chistiakov, Alexandr – Dvoretsky 11-19

  Christiansen, Larry – Ivanov, I. 6-34

  Cifuentes, Roberto – Langeweg 5-20

  Ciocaltea, Victor – Ambroz 13-46

  Cohn, Erich – Rubinstein 1-84

  Colle, Edgar – Grünfeld 1-134

  Conquest, Stuart – Mohr 1-73

  Coull, Alison – Stanciu 1-5

  Cramling, Dan – Rohde 9-25

  Cvetkovic, Srdjan – Stefanovic 3-20

  Darius, Harald – Brüggemann 1-123

  Dautov, Rustem – Krakops (9-186)

  Day, Angela – Nakagawa 1-110

  de Firmian, Nick – Alburt 10-6

  Denker, Arnold – Horowitz 1-86

  Despotovic, Momcilo – Dvoretsky 1-171

  Djukic, Zeljko – Mednis 9-113

  Djuric, Stefan – Vaiser 9-88

  Dlugy, Max – Alburt 9-14

  Dolmatov, Sergey –

  Beliavsky 14-26, 14-39

  Georgadze 11-12

  Sorm (9-33)

  Sveshnikov 6-36

  Dombrowska – Lyszowska 4-9

  Donner, Jan Hein – Smyslov 6-38

  Dorfman, Iosif –

  Beliavsky (9-175), 13-38

  Lerner 9-182

  Stein 7-10

  Draško, Milan – Vratonjic 1-192

  Dreev, Alexey –

  Beliavsky 9-21

  Ehlvest 9-101

  Dueball, Jürgen – Ostermeyer 9-102

  Dukanovic – Minev 4-36

  Duncan, Christopher – Bowden 8-30

  Duras, Oldrich –

  Marshall (9-110)

  Spielmann 1-6

  Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor – Allakhverdian 10-5

  Dvoiris, Semen – Kovalev (9-39)

  Dvoretsky, Mark –

  Balashov 9-74

  Chistiakov 11-19

  Despotovic 1-171

  Kupreichik 9-135

  Lickleder 1-54

  Zaitsev, I. (9-82)

  Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman – Miles 7-20

  Ebralidze, Archil – Bondarevsky 2-20

  Ehlvest, Jaan –

  Dreev 9-101

  Topalov 12-36

  Eingorn, Vereslav – Beliavsky 3-1

  Eliseevic – Pytel 9-139

  Eliskases, Erich – Botvinnik 7-61

  Emms, John – Riemersma (9-51)

  Eolian, Levon – Azmaiparashvili 1-190

  Ermolin – Petriaev 12-20

  Ernst, Thomas – Kharlov 1-107

  Estrin, Yakov – Gusev (1-24)

  Euwe, Max –

  Averbakh 9-212

  Hromádka 11-7

  Menchik 6-29

  Reshevsky 12-28

  Yanofsky 5-36

  Evans, Larry – Rossolimo 14-51

  Fahrni, Hans – Alapin 1-27, (1-29), (1-88), (1-184), (1-189), (6-39)

  Fernandez Garcia, Jose – Kotronias 9-156

  Ferragut, Arnaldo – Hernandez 1-157

  Fichtl, Jiri – Blatný 14-44

  Fine, Reuben – Najdorf 3-25

  Finkel, Aleksandr – Tseitlin, Mark 14-22

  Fischer, Robert –

  Lombardy 1-119

  Reshevsky 15-63

  Spassky 7-22

  Taimanov 4-8

  Walther 5-8

  Flamberg, Aleksandr – Salwe 1-76

  Flear, Glenn –

  Krnic 7-32

  Legky 9-234

  Flohr, Salomon – Vidmar 9-223

  Flórián, Tibor – Hollis 9-194

  Fokin, Sergey – Mankus 2-14

  Fridman – Khaunin 9-42

  Fridstein, German –

  Klaman 10-20

  Lutikov 8-25

  Friedlander, I. – Nunn 1-58

  Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove – Plachetka 8-12

  Ftacnik, Lubomir – Murey 11-40

  Galic – Popa 7-60

  Galuzin – Nebylitsyn 7-38

  Gaprindashvili, Nona – Levitina 11-14

  Gavrikov, Viktor –

  Chikovani 4-30

  Kharitonov 1-74

  Gazík, Igor – Pétursson 1-113

  Gelfand, Boris –

  Lautier 15-30

  Wang Hao 9-244

  Geller, Uzi – Janetschek 9-247

  Georgadze, Tamaz –

  Dolmatov 11-12

  Vaganian 15-73

  Yusupov 11-50

  Georgiev, Kiril – Akopian 9-185

  Gereben, Erno – Benko 9-140, (9-152)

  Gershon, Alik – Thorhallson 4-7

  Gerusel, Mathias – Kestler 7-50

  Gheorghiu, Florin – Prandstetter 12-33

  Glebov – Maslov 1-104

  Glek, Igor – Leitao 9-58

  Gligoric, Svetozar –

  Ljubojevic 9-154

  Smyslov 9-61

  Gliksman, Darko – Novak (9-88)

  Golberg – Zhuk 1-151

  Goldberg, Grigory – Tolush 7-14

  Goldstein – Shakhnovich 15-78, (15-89)

  Golombek, Harry – Keres 1-75

  Grigorian, Karen – Timoshchenko 9-249

  Gritsak, Orest – Sulipa 1-152

  Grószpéter, Attila – Szabó 3-6

  Grünfeld, Ernst – Colle 1-134

  Gufeld, Eduard –

  Bronstein 9-68

  Honfi (14-21)

  Kavalek 15-20

  Rahman 14-21

  Guliev, Sarkhan – Tukmakov 1-118

  Gulko, Boris –

  Lutikov 15-22

  Short 1-34

  Uhlmann 9-10

  Gunsberg, Isidor – Pillsbury 15-27

  Gurevich, Dmitry – Suba 14-19, (14-21)

  Gurgenidze, Bukhuti –

  Arulaid 8-24

  Averbakh (14-50)

  Smyslov 7-21

  Gusev – Berezhnoy 5-35

  Gusev, Nikolai– Zhukhovitsky 11-6

  Gusev, Yury – Estrin (1-24)

  Gustavson – Bata 1-46

  Gutman, Lev – Mikenas 4-6, (4-25)

  Haakert, Jurgen – Süss 1-111

  Hansen – Nimzovitch 1-83

  Hansen, Lars Bo – Winants 1-135

  Hartston, William –

  Penrose 13-20

  Stean 9-128

  Havasi – Peko 1-105

  Hazai, László – Petrosian, A. 15-55

  Hebden, Mark – Wood 9-90

  Hector, Jonny – Krasenkov 9-16

  Hedge – Palatnik 11-8

  Hernandez – Ferragut 1-157

 

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