1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook that also Improves Your Endgame Skills
The best place to start your tactics training is in the endgame! Chess is 99% tactics – and if you want to win more games, nothing works better than training tactics. Win a piece or find a mate. That will get you results.

Since most of the pieces have left the board, endgame tactics have the clarity that enables you to grasp all basics concepts quickly and comprehensively. In the endgame, you can focus on what is important without any distractions by a couple of random pawns and pieces.

In 1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners, IM Thomas Willemze does two things at once. He explains all the basic concepts, and provides you with a huge amount of exercises for each theme and each chess piece. Willemze uses all his experience as a coach, and his familiarity with the famous Step Method, to carefully build up your chess knowledge step-by-step. He shows you the strength of all pieces, from the lonely pawn to the almighty queen. And he guides you from the basics to more complex tactics in a highly instructive puzzle rush.

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1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook that also Improves Your Endgame Skills
The best place to start your tactics training is in the endgame! Chess is 99% tactics – and if you want to win more games, nothing works better than training tactics. Win a piece or find a mate. That will get you results.

Since most of the pieces have left the board, endgame tactics have the clarity that enables you to grasp all basics concepts quickly and comprehensively. In the endgame, you can focus on what is important without any distractions by a couple of random pawns and pieces.

In 1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners, IM Thomas Willemze does two things at once. He explains all the basic concepts, and provides you with a huge amount of exercises for each theme and each chess piece. Willemze uses all his experience as a coach, and his familiarity with the famous Step Method, to carefully build up your chess knowledge step-by-step. He shows you the strength of all pieces, from the lonely pawn to the almighty queen. And he guides you from the basics to more complex tactics in a highly instructive puzzle rush.

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1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook that also Improves Your Endgame Skills

1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook that also Improves Your Endgame Skills

by Thomas Willemze
1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook that also Improves Your Endgame Skills

1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook that also Improves Your Endgame Skills

by Thomas Willemze

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The best place to start your tactics training is in the endgame! Chess is 99% tactics – and if you want to win more games, nothing works better than training tactics. Win a piece or find a mate. That will get you results.

Since most of the pieces have left the board, endgame tactics have the clarity that enables you to grasp all basics concepts quickly and comprehensively. In the endgame, you can focus on what is important without any distractions by a couple of random pawns and pieces.

In 1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners, IM Thomas Willemze does two things at once. He explains all the basic concepts, and provides you with a huge amount of exercises for each theme and each chess piece. Willemze uses all his experience as a coach, and his familiarity with the famous Step Method, to carefully build up your chess knowledge step-by-step. He shows you the strength of all pieces, from the lonely pawn to the almighty queen. And he guides you from the basics to more complex tactics in a highly instructive puzzle rush.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789493257535
Publisher: Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date: 12/15/2022
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.70(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Thomas Willemze is an International Master from the Netherlands. He is an experienced trainer of amateur players of all levels and has been the National Youth Coach of the Dutch Chess Federation. New In Chess has published his books The Chess Toolbox and The Scandinavian for Club Players, both of which very well received by reviewers and customers alike.

Table of Contents

Explanation of symbols 6

Preface 7

Part I Basic tactical patterns 9

Chapter 1 Mate in one move 10

Test 1 67

Chapter 2 Win a piece in two moves 70

Test 2 123

Part II The preparatory move 129

Chapter 3 Mate in two moves 130

Test 3 173

Chapter 4 Win a piece in three moves 180

Test 4 216

Part III Defend 225

Chapter 5 Defend your king 226

Test 5 239

Chapter 6 Defend your pieces 250

Final Test 261

Part IV Chess Endgame Exercises for Club Players 275

Solutions 278

Bibliography 312

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