A comprehensive work about the magic world of endgames.For starters, 100 interesting and instructive examples on important endgame topics are thoroughly analyzed and extensively commented. Especially those in which not only many useful rules of thumb are ex- plained and illustrated, but above all their not uncommon exceptions.In the chapter 'Practice makes perfect', 100 exercises give the readers the opportunity to check their previous knowledge and what they have learned in the first part.In the following 100 exciting studies, it was ensured that they do not show any artificial constructs,...

It's not revealing anything new that most players prefer to attack rather than defend. It's also not surprising that various authors have devoted a number of books to the popular topic of 'attack' for more than a century.In this book, the author tries to present the constantly recurring mechanisms of attacking play as compactly as possible by limiting himself to a few important motives and describing typical elements of the attacking strategy. Numerous clear and meaningful rules of thumb are formulated for the in-depth study of the various subject areas.With regard to practical play, however,...

Im Schach strategisch spielen bedeutet, langfristige Ziele zu planen und diese möglichst auch innerhalb einer begrenzten Partiephase zu erreichen. Das strategische Spiel unterscheidet sich damit im Wesen vom Kombinationsspiel, das die Umsetzung kurzfristiger Zielsetzungen mit taktischen Mitteln betreibt. Es liegt in der Natur der Sache, dass eine Strategie in kleinen Schritten, die meist taktischer Natur sind, zum Erfolg geführt wird. Strategisches und taktisches Vorgehen sind daher eng miteinander verwoben und nicht scharf voneinander zu trennen. Bekanntlich gilt: Alle guten Züge haben...