- ISBN13: 9781889323152
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Winner of the prestigious Chess Journalists of America Book of the Year award, this single book boils down all essential endgame wisdom into one you can use to win games for the rest of your life.
Nothing more clearly separates chess master from chess wannabe than winning endgame play. For most chess players, victory is the real finish line. And the endgame is the last lap of the race.
This revised, updated edition of Just the Facts! brings English readers the once strictly guarded and time-tested Soviet training methods, the key to the 50-year Russian dominance of the chess world. Winning Chess Endgames can take you from beginner to master. Two-color chess illustrations throughout.
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Just the facts…I’m not sure what it is about this book. Maybe it’s just plain boring. The material is thoughtful. The diagrams are good.
I will keep this book and read it over again but it didn’t get the job done for example like “Silman’s Complete Endgame Course”. This book will help you improve your endgame but it feels kind of like school.
Amazon User Rating: 3 / 5
This book is very readable, as Alburts books are.
You can learn a lot about endings in enjoyable way.
I thinks it is excellent for anyone under rating 2000.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this book about a year ago, and I’m sure it’s okay. However, I recently bought “Silman’s Complete Endgame Course,” which has been much more helpful. “Just the Facts” breaks endgames down by position type (for example Rook Endgames). Silman’s breaks endgames down by the player’s ability. So there is a chapter for beginners, then “E” players, then “D” players, etc. For me (a “D” player) the Silman approach was much more rewarding. “Just the Facts” is probably great for better players, but if you’re learning, I highly recommend Silman’s.
Amazon User Rating: 3 / 5
I liked this book. Most of it was so easy to understand and follow that I could review the positions in my head. I especially like how Albert explains principles of what you need to do rather than making you grind through hundreds of ending positions.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
I picked this work up on the word of a club mate who beleived this was the greatest endgame work written for novice level players. After reading the work I was impressed. This work covers the very basics up to multi piece endings. I’M truely amazed that GM Krogius was able to condense so much information on the endgame and make it so the information was easily digestable for the reader. With a careful study of this work you will be able to dive into some advanced endgame subjects in no time. It is clear why this book was the ‘Chess Journalists of America’s’ book of the year. If you are in the market for a good book on the endgame then ‘Just the Facts’ is the book you need!!!!!!!!!
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5