endings essential knowledge Yun Averbakhother endgame books Practical Endgame Tips Edmar Mednis Rate Your Endgame Edmar Mednis and Colin Crouch Vasily Smyslov: Endgame Virtuoso Vasily Smyslov Practical Endgame Play Neil McDonald Endgame Strategy Mikhail Shereshevsky From the Middiegame into the Endgame Edmar Mednis From the Opening into the Endgame Edmar Mednis endings essential knowledge by Yuri Averbakh Everyman Chess, formerly known as Cadogan Chess is published by Everyman Publishers plc, LondonCADOGAN BOOKS DISTRIBUTION Distributed in North America by The Globe Pequot Press, PO Box 833, Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475 Tel: 800-2430495 Fax: 800-820- 2329 All other sales enquiries should be directed to Everyman Publishers ple, Gloucester Mansions, 140 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8HD. © 1993 Everyman Publishers plc, Gloucester Mansions, 140 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8HD. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the publisher: First edition 1996 Reprinted 1971, 1973 (twice), 1976, 1978, 1982, 1986 Second edition 1987 Third edition 1993 Repinted 1997, 1999 ISBN 1 85744 0226 Printed in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press, Trowbridge Contents Translator’s Foreword From the Author Introduction The Properties of the Pieces 1 MATING THE LONE KING Mate with a Queen Mate with a Rook Mate with Two Bishops Mate with Bishop and Knight Mate with Two Knights 2 WARIOUS PIECES IN COMBAT Queen versus Rook Queen versus Minor Piece Rook versus Knight Rook versus Bishop 3 VARIOUS PIECES IN COMBAT WITH A PAWN Queen versus Pawn Rook versus Pawn Minor Piece versus Pawn 4 QUEENING A PAWN King and Pawn versus King King, Minor Piece and Pawn versus King Knight and Pawn versus Knight Bishop and Pawn versus Bishop Bishop and Pawn versus Knight Knight and Pawn versus Bishop Rook and Pawn versus Rook Queen and Pawn versus Queen NYMwWe 10 10 11 14 16 16 18 19 21 23 23 26 28 35 35 39 42 47 51 22) 58 69