Mastering Queen and Pawn Endgames

by Csaba Balogh, Adrian Mikhalchishin

Mastering Queen and Pawn Endgames is the first volume of the Modern Endgame Manual, the first FIDE-approved endgame manual, written by three of the world's leading experts — the FIDE Senior Trainers GM Mikhalchishin, GM Grivas and GM Balogh. This volume, by Grandmasters Csaba Balogh and Adrian Mikhalchishin, is devoted to queen and pawn endgames.Across eight chapters, the authors work through the theoretical positions step by step, illustrated with practical games: from positions with one and two pawns to complex structures with four or more pawns, and the pure endgames of queen versus pawn and queen and pawn versus queen.It is part of an eight-volume collection that spans the full range of endgames, from king and pawn endgames to the most complex and materially unbalanced ones. A work aimed at intermediate and advanced players who want to deepen their technique in queen and pawn endgames.What you will find in this book:Theoretical positions with 1 vs 0, 1 vs 1, and 2 vs 1 pawns.Complex theoretical positions with four or more pawns.Queen versus pawn, and queen and pawn versus queen endgames.Practical games and annotated complex positions.