Chess Endgame Planning

Chess Endgame PlanningIn the phase of the game, the endgame, strange things happen. Material advantages dont bring home the expected fruits, wins vanish, draws slip away, and frustrations build. Why is it that when things are supposed to be simpler, they become slippery and nearly impossible to handle with any kind of accuracy? And why do players such as Rubinstein, Capablanca, Andersson, Karpov, and Carlsen seem able to drum up resources out of nothing, make the lives of

Model Games: Study expertly annotated games that demonstrate how top players approach the Closed Catalan

" a cornerstone of the acclaimed Bologan's Chess Academy Series by grandmaster Victor Bologan

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the inability to cope with a small setback or with a busted opponent who has turned into a fearless desperado: based on four decades of teaching chess Cyrus Lakdawala has identified dozens of thought provoking reasons why we are throwing away games that should be ours

He was one of the most dynamic and active chess players of the 1920s and early 1930s

Based on master teacher Pandolfini's private course for his students

GM Mateusz Bartel - 4-times Polish Champion:

he presents his golden rules of practical chess success

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GM Naiditsch analyses some of the greatest attacking games of recent memory

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Yugoslav Attack Runtime 25 mins 12 seconds