Mastering Typical Rook Endgames

by Adrian Mikhalchishin

Mastering Typical Rook Endgames is the seventh 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 Grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin, is devoted to the typical positions of rook endgames: the ones that appear most frequently in practical play.Where the first rook book covered the basic positions and methods for playing both simple and complex endings, this one focuses on the third key element of correct play: knowing the typical positions and the technique for handling them. Across thirteen chapters, Mikhalchishin works through everything from rook against pawns and single-pawn endings to pawn majorities on different flanks, asymmetric structures, and the famous Polgar–Spassky ending.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 master the rook endgames that recur most often in their games.What you will find in this book:Rook against pawns and single-pawn endings.Two extra pawns, and two-against-one positions, both simple and asymmetric.The extra passed pawn and pawn majorities on different flanks.The Polgar–Spassky ending, analyzed in depth, and the 4-vs-3 conundrum.