Chess Endgame Training. Bernd Rosen

Chess Endgame Training


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Chess Endgame Training Bernd Rosen
Publisher: Gambit Publications




This week was the 2nd and final week of the first cycle of Phase I of the Extreme Chess Training Program which I began on 12/21/09. Copy this FEN into your engine: 8/4b2k/3p2p1/4n3/7r/1N6/1PP3PP/4R2K b – - 0 39 eg1. Learning Endgame Theory is all well and good – being able to win won positions when it counts is better! His first book, 'Secrets of Chess Training', discussed the methods of analyzing endgame positions and adjourned games. Certain components are going to be common to any chess training program: opening study (including ideas of the opening and resulting middlegame formations); tactical themes and practice; how to strategically evaluate positions in the absence of winning tactics; and endgames (especially how to reach key endgame positions that win/draw by force). The effect is much like a one-to-one training session. I've been working through Convekta's Chess Endgame Training and have found that many exercises end in a position declared a draw but that would still leave me nervous as the weaker side. Next week I start on Phase II, which focuses on the endgame. Endgame Tactics Strategy Calculations Standard Postions (endgames) Sacrifice Recognizing Threats. Right now my endgame training is John Nunn's "Understanding Chess Endgames", and a the Covenkta Total Chess Endings CD. If you've got a computer or a chess-playing friend, then make use of the opportunity.  I've just been working with an A-level student who spent a lot of her time 'revising', ie. Chess Endgame A Large Collection l 652 MB Endgame Alburt, Lev - Just the Facts!