Product Description

Enjoying endgame tactics is the all-important, but oft-forgotten, first step in mastering this highly important phase of the game. Why is it that most amateur players love opening and middle game tactics but hate endgames? Because studying endgames can seem like a chore if you can't find the fun in it! "Endgame Tactics" is an accessible, entertaining, and award-winning volume that shows readers how to put the fun back into endgame tactics - and by doing so, Van Perlo has turned many players' nightmares into a stimulating and enjoyable tactic. The winner of the English Chess Federation Book of the Year 2006 Award, this volume is an absolute must for players of all levels.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #159910 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Review
"Collections of game positions for solving or instruction are not uncommon. Unfortunately many are computer-generated with cursory instruction or comment added. This is emphatically not the case here. Van Perlo is a Dutch correspondence grandmaster who collected over a period of 30 years tactical end games that appealed to him. He cast his net wide and most of the 1105(!) positions were unknown to the judges. Van Perlo had a good chess eye for attractive situations and wrote about them in a humorous and entertaining manner. Above all he writes with wicked glee about the changes in fortune that lie in wait on the board for all players. The New in Chess team has edited and organised the material so that there is considerable instructional content in the book. But the winning factor for the judges was the sheer entertainment value - a rare commodity in the chess world these days" R B Edwards, J Farrand & J Toothill (08/10/2006)"

Customer Reviews

English Chess Federation Book of the Year 2006
Van Perlo's endgame book has won this year's coveted English Chess Federation Book of the Year award. Beating Kasparov's Predecessor's V & GM Jonathan Rowson's excellent and thought provoking 'Chess for Zebras'; based purely on this fact I would suggest the [price] would be a decent investment.

Additionally, and I quote the ECF 3 judges "the 'New in Chess' team (the production company; they write the excellent and synonymously titled chess periodical) has edited and organised the material so that there is considerable instructional content in the book. But the winning factor for the judges was the sheer entertainment value - a rare commodity in the chess world these days".