Some books on specific endings Chess endgame literature

1 books on specific endings

1.1 pawn endings
1.2 rook endings
1.3 minor piece endings
1.4 other endings

some books on specific endings
pawn endings


starting out: pawn endings, glenn flear, 2004, everyman chess. isbn 1-85744-362-4. book advancing , intermediate players.
secrets of pawn endings, karsten müller , frank lamprecht, 2007, gambit. (reissue of 2000 book everyman chess, corrections.) isbn 978-1-904600-88-6. in-depth book king , pawn endgames.
comprehensive chess endings: pawn endings, volume 4, yuri averbakh , ilya maizelis, see above.
1000 pawn endings, józsef pintér, 2006, isbn 963-87170-0-9. positions (mostly games studies) , moves, no text.
fishbein, alexander (1993), king , pawn endings, american chess promotions, isbn 0-939298-39-2 

rook endings


cover of 1975 hardback printing of rook endings.



starting out: rook endgames (2004). chris ward, everyman chess. isbn 1-85744-374-8. book advancing , intermediate players.
the survival guide rook endings, john emms, 2008. gambit. isbn 978-1-904600-94-7. (reissue of 1999 book everyman chess, corrections.) in-depth book rook , pawn endgames.
practical rook endings, victor korchnoi, 1999, 2002, olms. isbn 3-283-00401-3. introductory chapter on fundamental positions followed detailed analysis of fourteen rook endgames actual games.
rook endings, grigory levenfish , vasily smyslov, 1971, batsford. isbn 0-7134-0449-3. considered classic study of rook , pawn endings, out of print.
secrets of rook endings, john nunn, 1992, 1999, gambit publications. isbn 1-901983-18-8. goes intricate details of ending of king, 1 rook, , 1 pawn versus king , 1 rook – culled computer endgame tablebase. considers positions based on every starting position of pawn.
practical rook endings, edmar mednis, 1982, chess enterprises. isbn 0-931462-16-9. small book on rook , pawn endgames.
minev, nikolay (2004), practical guide rook endgames, russell enterprises, isbn 1-888690-22-4 


comprehensive chess endings: rook endings, volume 5, yuri averbakh , nikolai kopayev, see above.
1000 rook endings, józsef pintér, 2007, isbn 978-963-9750-00-5. positions (mostly games studies) , moves, no text.

minor piece endings


starting out: minor piece endgames, john emms, 2004, everyman chess, isbn 1-85744-359-4. book advancing , intermediate players.
comprehensive chess endings: bishop endings/knight endings, volume 1, yuri averbakh , vitaly chekhover, see above.
secrets of minor-piece endings, john nunn, batsford. detailed @ endgames of 1 minor piece , pawn versus 1 minor piece, plus 2 bishops versus 1 knight (with no pawns), based on computer tablebase, isbn 0-8050-4228-8.
1000 minor piece endings, józsef pintér, 2007. positions (mostly games studies) , moves, no text.
mednis, edmar (1990), practical bishop endings, chess enterprises, isbn 0-945470-04-5 


mednis, edmar (1993), practical knight endings, chess enterprises, isbn 0-945470-35-5 

other endings

secrets of pawnless endings, john nunn, 1994, 2002, gambit publications. isbn 1-901983-65-x. detailed @ relatively rare critical endings without pawns, based on computer tablebase.
polak, tomas (2008), rook against 2 pieces, sachy