In this easy-to-read guide, Grandmaster and renowned endgame expert John Emms concentrates on the absolute fundamentals of minor piece endings and slowly but surely arms the reader with the essential knowledge and confidence to move onto slightly trickier positions.
Review On Dec 8, 2004by Michael Jeffreys of Los Angeles, CA
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Having been stuck at 1765 uscf for quite some time, I wondered what it would take to crash through to the A class level. More opening knowledge? (couldn't hurt) Better tactics? (no doubt!) However, it finally dawned on me that I had a very poor understanding of how to utilize Knights and Bishops. I guess I just never realized how much there was to know about these two little guys. Luckily, I came across this new book by GM Emms, and have found it both enlightening and enjoyable to read. I simply set up each position on Chessbase 8, and then holding the book, click through his lines. I find that after going through 3 or 4 examples, I gain a new insight into just exactly what I'm suppose to be doing in these types of positions, where before I was simply clueless. As you can tell, I highly recommend this book to the struggling class player who wants to break through to the next level.
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1.Rd7! Bxd7 2.Qxd7 Qb6+ 3.Kh1 Re8 4.Rxe7! Rxe7 5.Bd6 Qxd6 6.Qxd6+- Gelfand-Salov, Madrid 1996 (Source: Anthology of Chess Combinations)
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