The Soviet Championships (Everyman Chess Classics)

This instructive book for competitive players based on Edmar Mednis classic Practical Endgame Lessons provides the reader with a wealth of useful instruction in endgame play reinforced by a a series of tests presented as simulations of tournament play. Explains the fundamental principles of endgame play . Deals with all standard types of endgame: pawn endings bishop endings rook endings etc . Contains more that twenty test endings to help develop your skills . Uses many examples by the worlds leading endgame exponents: Smyslov Karpov Korchnoi etc. Grandmaster Edmar Mednis is one of the worlds leading endgame exerts.He is a regular contributor to Chess Life magazine and is author of How to be a complete Tournament Player From Opening to the Endgame and From the Middlegame into the Endgame. International Master Colin Crouch is one of Englands most highly regarded analysts and writers.