When it was released in 2003, Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual became an instant classic. Now the chess instructor extraordinaire offers an introduction to the fascinating world of chess endings. This book is designed to highlight the key concepts of the most common chess endgames and will prove quite instructive to chessplayers of all levels.

The author has countless practical suggestions for improving your endgame play in this era of rapid-time controls so that you don't end up "drowning" in an ocean of endgame theory. Let Mark Dworetsky help you win more games as he examines some elementary endgame errors from master play and shows you how to avoid making the same mistakes.

Content:
004 Signs & Symbols

005 Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1: "Swimming" in Theory

008 Rook and Pawn (in the Opponent's Half of the Board) versus Rook

020 Rook and Pawn (in Its Own Half of the Board) versus Rook

025 Rook and Rook's Pawn versus Rook. a- and h-pawns

031 f- and h-pawns

046 Lasker's Idea

051 An Extra Pawn on the Flank

064 Rook against Pawns

069 Rook versus Minor Piece

074 Rook and Bishop versus Rook

078 Queen and Pawn versus Queen

082 Queen versus Rook

Chapter 2: The King in the Endgame

089 Activity of the King

093 Selecting the Path for the King

098 Shouldering

102 Cutting Off the King

Chapter 3: The Strength of Pawns

117 The Dangerous Passed Pawn

122 The Pawn Break

127 Pawn Races

129 The Outside Passed Pawns

131 Separated Passed Pawns

133 Connected Passed Pawns

136 Pawn Structure

Chapter 4: Zugzwang

139 Don't Fall into Zugzwang!

140 Reciprocal Zugzwang

143 Reserve Tempi

Chapter 5: In Search of Salvation

147 The Fortress

158 Stalemate

164 Perpetual Check, Perpetual Pursuit

Chapter 6: Tactics

167 Mate

173 Double Attack

177 Various Tactics

182 Traps

Chapter 7: Piece Play

Maneuvers and Exchanges

186 Piece Placement

192 Exchanges

197 Simplification to a Pawn Endgame

206 Chapter 8: Technique

219 Prophylaxis

223 Winning or Losing a Tempo

224 Move Order

Carelessness

Chapter 9: Premature End to the Struggle

234 Unjustified Capitulation

247 Agreeing to a Draw in a Won Position

252 Conclusion

260 Index of Players